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Group of flies on ombella
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 Hello,

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Pierre Duhem : France : Bessans : 73480 : 29/07/2019
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I'm rather clueless in front of those flies in great numbers on ombellas in the French Alps. Can somebody help me?
Pierre Duhem
 
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 They are Thricops, longipes or nigrifrons
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
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 Thanks a lot, Nikita.
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