Posted by kurt on 30-05-2022 19:35
#1
Body 3-4 mm with odd face. Family and genus?
Photo from 30 May 2022 Kramfors 62 N, E 17 Ã…ngermanland, Sweden.
Thanks for your help in advance
Regards
Kurt Holmqvist
Posted by Tony Irwin on 30-05-2022 20:56
#2
The odd face is because the ptilinum (the sac behind the face which is inflated to prize off the puparium lid) has not fully retracted. I think this is a muscid -
Coenosia or close.