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Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

pale-eyed fly

Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
August 25, 2007
Size: about 3 mm

neat pale-banded antennae

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 31 August, 2007 - 7:58pm
Last updated 13 December, 2007 - 4:21am

Moved

Moved from Chalcid Wasps.

… Jim McClarin, 13 December, 2007 - 4:21am

Moved

Moved from Flies.

… Jim McClarin, 1 September, 2007 - 3:14pm

not a fly

a wasp. one can tell by the elbowed antennae and bizarre, nearly absent venation. it's some kind of chalcidoid.

… Keith Bayless, 1 September, 2007 - 12:25pm

That's why it looked so odd.

Well, I don't mind telling you that it looks even odder (to me) for a wasp :-) Thanks, Keith.

… Jim McClarin, 1 September, 2007 - 3:12pm

I would suggest that it is in

I would suggest that it is in Encyrtidae. These are tiny little wasps that parasitize insect eggs.

… Dennis Haines, 12 December, 2007 - 9:00pm

Thanks, Dennis.

I dug up some images online and did find some similar-looking chalcidoids so I quess I'll place it there.

… Jim McClarin, 13 December, 2007 - 4:20am

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