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 Hoverfly taken yesterday during egg laying on a thuja fir tree in my garden - about 12mm body length -didn't recognise it. South coast UK

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 Meliscaeva auricollis
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 Thanks Paul Smile

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 I would have said Meliscaeva cinctella. Wink
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 I would say so too! Pfft
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Tony Irwin
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If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

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Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

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I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

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I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

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Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

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