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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Alderflies (Sialidae) » Nearctic Alderflies (Sialis)
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fly - Sialis
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

fly - Sialis
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 16, 2005
Size: 18mm
Is this a type of fishfly?
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Contributed by tom murray on 18 May, 2005 - 9:55pm
Last updated 5 January, 2006 - 12:38am

Alderfly
It is an alderfly, family Sialidae.

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 19 May, 2005 - 4:28am login or register to post comments

 
Genus Sialis
There is but one nearctic genus, Sialis, and I'll move this photo there.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 5 January, 2006 - 12:36am login or register to post comments

 
Sialis
Thanks Patrick.
… tom murray, 5 January, 2006 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

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