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Hello!

These 10 mm yellow and black midges with white feet are abundant in the moment in the forest here in Germany, many of them ovipositing in dead beech stems, especially were the bark is not intact any more. Although they look quite distinctive, I wasn't able to identify even the family, yet. I only know the big Tipulids (Tanyptera etc.) ovipositing this way in rotten wood.






Can anybody help me? Thanks!