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Female of a hoverfly - ID? --> Pipizella viduata
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Northern Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Bellin (east of Kiel), way between a mixed forest and a pasture, where is a small pond nearby, at a leaf of Rubus sp., length of the fly: 6mm, 25th of May 2022, (Photos: kuv). Perhaps Pipizella viduata? Please help to get the ID.
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The right angle of the veins meeting near the wing tip is characteristic of Pipizella. Given the modest lengt of hairs on the hind tibia, I'd say P. viduata when you are so close to Denmark. But Germany has many spp. further south, as I understand it.
 
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Thank you very much Karsten Smile. Yes, I'll change name to "Pipizella viduata".
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