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Small fly with exotic antennae
Copyright © 2008 StevenBren

Small fly with exotic antennae
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
February 2, 2008
Size: 1.5 mm
Not the best photo, but this small is at the limits of my system. Found enjoying sunny day in February on low lawn plants.

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Contributed by StevenBren on 3 February, 2008 - 9:47am
Last updated 7 February, 2008 - 3:22pm

Finally had
time to identify the white flower for you. It is Cardamine hirsuta, Hairy Bittercress. My lawn is a haven for "weeds." I once gave a Chemlawn representative the stinkeye and told him that I didn't believe in establishing monocultures -- haven't seen them since.
… StevenBren, 10 February, 2008 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

WOW
The antennae look like they weigh more than the body and wings combined. Nice Dipteran; sorry I can't help with I.D. Which plants (in the pics) are starting their bloom already?
… Stephen Schueman, 3 February, 2008 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Small weedy
plants like Henbit start very early. They are very low, and very miniscule. The white flowered plant I should know, but I don't. I too, thought the antennae looked bigger than the owner. I couldn't resolve them until the photo was in the computer, and then, wow, what is this?
… StevenBren, 4 February, 2008 - 3:32am login or register to post comments

 
Great images.
These are very nice images of what I strongly suspect is a gall midge (family Cecidomyiidae). Keep up the great work!
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 February, 2008 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

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