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BG812 C7355 - Dictya
Copyright © 2007 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

BG812 C7355 - Dictya
Baton Rouge, Brookhollow Drive, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
April 4, 2007
Size: body length 5.8 mm.
We think this is a Marsh Fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is a good match for this image
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 24 April, 2007 - 6:44pm
Last updated 18 May, 2008 - 12:11pm

Moved
Moved from Marsh Flies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 18 May, 2008 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

ID
This is a male Dictya (Sciomyzidae). Would need to examine postabdoment to determine species.
… Bill Murphy (William L.), 18 May, 2008 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Bill,
We appreciate your help.
Could species be determined from external detail views, or is dissection necessary?

Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 20 May, 2008 - 12:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 May, 2007 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

Definitely.
I concur with the family ID. Not sure of genus, though. The life history of marsh flies is so amazing (if not downright gory and bizarre), that I haven't paid much attention to identifying them:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 April, 2007 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

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