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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Liriomyza
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Grass Fly - Chloropidae? - Liriomyza
Copyright © 2007 Bill Johnson

Grass Fly - Chloropidae? - Liriomyza
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
May 20, 2007
I'm fairly certain that this is a Grass Fly - family Chloropidae. Great colors.
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 31 May, 2007 - 9:45pm
Last updated 8 May, 2009 - 6:14pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf Miner Flies.
… v belov, 8 May, 2009 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

Liriomyza
I would say Liriomyza
… Owen Lonsdale, 7 November, 2008 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Yes, grass fly
They are pretty. Here's one of mine with interesting commentary:
… Ron Hemberger, 1 June, 2007 - 12:30am login or register to post comments

 
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the tiny ocellar triangle on this fly shows that it's probably not a chloropid. I think that it is in Agromyzidae
… Keith Bayless, 3 June, 2007 - 2:37am login or register to post comments

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