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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Scuttle Flies (Phoridae) » Metopininae » Megaselia » Megaselia scalaris
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ID me please! - Megaselia scalaris
Copyright © 2007 liz murphy

ID me please! - Megaselia scalaris
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
August 30, 2007
Size: approx 2 mm

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Contributed by liz murphy on 30 August, 2007 - 4:03pm
Last updated 18 March, 2011 - 8:43pm

Moved
Moved from Scuttle Flies.
… John F. Carr, 18 March, 2011 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

identification
This is Megaselia scalaris.

Brian
… Brian V. Brown, 24 January, 2010 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

Phorid flies.
These are "scuttle flies" in the family Phoridae. The most common domestic species is Megaselia scalaris. Larvae infest decaying matter, including freshly-mounted, fatty insect specimens. ARG!
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 August, 2007 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

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