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Microdon? June 03, 2007
Dmitry Gavryushin
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 Size 13 mm.
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 Microdon mutabilis/myrmicae?
 
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 Many thanks Amalia. In Stackelberg's key there's 4 spp. and only M. mutabilis with reddish scutellum,
 
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 The two species can be identified correctly only by the habitats of their larvae: both lives on the ant nest, but different species of antsWink.
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 I see, thanks Amalia.
 
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 I believe it's a different one. June 07, 2007, size 11 to 12 mm.
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 Microdon devius, I think.
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 Many thanks Tony.
 
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