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 Found this 3-4mm fly at work last night. Looks like a cross between a Chironomid and a Limoniid. Anyone going to put me out of my misery and stick a name to it?
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 Yes, these are really do not look like typical limoniid crane flies, but they are. Molophilini Tribe, also a relative of Molophilus. Female.

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Walter Pfliegler - Amateur Nature Photographer from Hungary (and molecular biologist)
 
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 Thanks for that Walter...Just looked through some old stuff of mine and found I posted one of these last year..http://www.dipter...d_id=24945, but I think the answer I got from Lars was wrong Wink if the image in http://www.comman...ulosa.html is right.

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