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Tiny Fly on Carcass
Copyright © 2007 Susan Ellis

Tiny Fly on Carcass
Awendaw Swamp, South Carolina, USA
May 15, 2007
Size: 1 cm or less
These little guys were on the carcass of a boar that was well into decomposing. Other flies, a staphylinid beetle and a burying beetle were on site, too.
Contributed by Susan Ellis on 28 May, 2007 - 5:54am
Last updated 22 June, 2007 - 5:51pm

Piophilidae
Piophilidae
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 28 May, 2007 - 2:10pm

 
Thanks
Thank you, Joe!
… Susan Ellis, 5 June, 2007 - 12:35pm

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