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Melanostoma sp.?
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Posted on 29-03-2009 10:45
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Portugal, middle afternoon, 1 week ago.

Any ideas about species?
Edited by Del on 29-03-2009 10:45
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Looks like a female M. scalare, but it's har to tell from that distance (at least for me Smile)
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face looks largely dusted except for the facial knob, so it should indeed be a female M. scalare.
 
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