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Dominicana. Strange creature
Nikita Vikhrev
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2300 m asl, one of a kind
I'm in doubts to use "Diptera" or "other insects": 1 pair of wings and a pair of large halters, otherwise "other insect"/
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Scale-insect: ftp://delta-intke...ccidae.htm Smile.
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dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences
 
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1. Thank you, Andrzej!
2. I have an excuse for my gaps of knowledge: 9 years ago I was a total newcomer in entomology.

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