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Hymenoptera: Terebrantia << freaky head, ID please
BartNap
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Posted on 18-10-2020 06:55
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 Hello, in this case I am not too sure if it's even a Diptera member, because of this freaky, very cool tho, head. If so, I guess it may belong to the Bibionidae family?

Picture taken with a mobile phone, 15th Oct 2020, NW Poland
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Jan Maca
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 Hymenoptera: Terebrantia, difficult to tell even family.
 
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 Thank you Jan!
 
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