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 Hi, after long time I ask for this Bombylius (I think); collected in Romagna border, loc. Val Sellustra (BOLOGNA), 300 m, in grassland, 4 April 2026. Thank in advance for any opinion.Smile
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 Looks like a male Bombylius major to me. And the family is Bombyliidae.
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