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Tiny Fly
Copyright © 2007 Mardon Erbland

Tiny Fly
48.163499N 53.966917W (WGS84), Clarenville, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
July 3, 2007
Size: 2mm body length

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 6 July, 2007 - 6:29pm
Last updated 10 February, 2008 - 9:34pm

Moved
Moved from Frit Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 10 February, 2008 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

Chloropidae
Seems more likely to me, given the big ocellair shield on its head, and in Sphaerocerids the first tarsal segment of the third leg is short and thickened. This is not the case in this animal!
Greetings,
… Gerard Pennards, 7 July, 2007 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

Could be a Sphaerocerid...
Could be a Sphaerocerid...
… Martin Hauser, 6 July, 2007 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

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