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Hi

Trying one more time to upload pics.

Found specimen dead last July. It was at the base of strawberry plants growing in pots. Location: South London.
It's ~7mm long

I hope the quality of the pics is acceptable for identification.
Many thanks.

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Sorry for the poor quality

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One last one.

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Bibio. The pictures are dark, and I think one of the front tibial spurs is broken.

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Thank you John.
It has suffered a bit. The legs had to be glued back on.

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Yes, clearly the male of Bibio marci.

You need to experiment with your light. Some tips
* put the specimen in a whitebpaper box with white background
* use a flash
* overexpose (relative to the automatic configurations) in case of black objects.


Theo

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I'm glad it has been confirmed as Bibio spp.
A colleague had said it was from the Asilidae family. Although, I was doubtful even though I'm terrible at ID.

Thank you Theo for sp. name and tips.
I did use a purposely self-build white box and flashes. I'm just not very good (for now).

Ana

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keep practising ! nOwadays you have instant feedback from your camera, and to quote Churchill

Ubung macht der Meister !

Theo