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Red Fly - Heteromyia
Copyright © 2007 Perry Babin

Red Fly - Heteromyia
Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA
Size: ~4mm

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Contributed by Perry Babin on 6 May, 2007 - 1:37am
Last updated 7 February, 2008 - 11:06am

Moved
Moved from Biting midges, punkies, no-see-ums.
… Keith Bayless, 7 February, 2008 - 11:06am

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 13 May, 2007 - 9:44pm

Whoah!
That thing has bigger biceps than I do:-) Hahahaha! I see Joe ID'd it as a ceratopogonid biting midge. I won't argue, I'll just start going back to the gym:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 May, 2007 - 4:04pm

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