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Unknown family (edit: Sphaeroceridae), Sweden
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 Sphaeroceridae!?
 
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 yep. Right, crex! Grin very nice spur under the femur in hind leg! Frown Shock
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 Copromyza nitida male (I think)
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 Thank you very much!

BTW: what's that spur for?

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 Well - it's only found in the males ... so ... perhaps they want to cling on very tightly!
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 ...or perhaps they impress females by opening beer bottles with their legs Wink
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 That's the way you court women in Finland, is it? That explains a lot. Grin
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 Looking at Kahis's avatar, they do it with their teeth (drinking Bavaria, by any chance? Grin )
 
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