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small fly
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

small fly
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 14, 2007
Size: ~2mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 15 June, 2007 - 10:10pm
Last updated 7 February, 2008 - 12:32pm

Moved
Moved from "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera).
… Keith Bayless, 7 February, 2008 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

That's a good start
Now to see if it can be narrowed down to a level with only hundreds of choices:-)
… tom murray, 31 January, 2008 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Not an ID
but after spending some more time with this nice image, I'm wondering about a female midge (Chironomidae)?

A bit like this image, for example:



Again, hope an expert stops by and helps you out. I hope you don't mind my amateurish attempts with it! :)
… Ken Schneider, 1 February, 2008 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

 
Ken, thanks for the help
I'm thinking this is a midge too, but don't want to jump the gun and place it in the wrong section and have it not get looked at by an expert .
… tom murray, 1 February, 2008 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

Nice shot of the antennae
which seems to place it in the Nematocera. Only a few thousand species in there!
… Ken Schneider, 31 January, 2008 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

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