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I believe it is a Urophora
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 Looks like a little aberrant Urophora congrua (see slightly darkened hindfemora) or U. solstitialis,
Unfortunately, only the female aculeus apex under 40-100x magnification differs them. Or the host plant.
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 Thank you! Unfortunately, I do not know the host plant, got this by sweeping low vegetation. I'll see if I can take a picture of the aculeus, I doubt it will be of good enough quality...

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 So I assume I have to remove this outer part. How should I proceed with that?
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 Is it possible to tell from these two pictures?
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 Urophora cuspidata -- absolutely certainly now.
Sorry for the delay: when you added these pictures, russia was bombing Kyiv, and I was in a shelter.
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 Thank you very much!
And yes very unfortunate circumstances.....
 
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