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 unable to move having landed on sticky web - the small one was taken by the spider a few seconds later but then I rescued the bigger one!

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 At first glance, both seems to be Anthomyiidae.
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 thanks, maybe a side view adds light?

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 The bigger looks like Hylemya (variata/urbica), but I've not enough knowledge in this family.
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