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 These are quite common on the beach here in south Sweden. Anyone who can identify it ?

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 Sphaeroceridae
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 Thank you Nikita
 
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 Hmm, it kind of looks like Crumomyia pedestris (Sphaeroceridae), but the Finnish specimens I've seen at lessa hairy.
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 When was the photo taken? In mid-summer? autumn? yesterday?
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 I usually see them in may(this is the case with this one as well may 11) around banks of algae.
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 When I take a closer look it actually has wings, but very reduced....
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 Please compare with Crumomyia pedestris (Meigen, 1830) female, f. brach., collected on April 11, 2006, ID credits: Jind?ich Roh??ek.
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