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2 bad picture I knowSad but can you ID something ? It remembers me some Sarcophagidae isn't it ?
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I daren't tell you it is another male Anthomyiidae.
Probably a recognizable genus however...
Stephane.
 
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Or just freshly emerged? But you will not find a more typical male Anthomyiid than this one.
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Teglagyar u. 30.
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I change country Angry
thanks Stephane and Gabor Grin
 
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Hello,

With such a big white nose, why not Metopia argyrocephala?
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No, Metopia looks very different. THis is an Anthomyiid.
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i would call it Leucophora
 
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