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Jesper Reibel
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 Mid May 2008. Meadow near forrest. Could this be Ptychoptera contaminata? Thank you in advance.
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 Certainly Ptycoptera and looks indeed very much like contaminata.
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 Thanks Jan Willem. I know they are difficult without looking at the genitalia, however, I believe in P. contaminata.
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