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fly - Cordilura
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

fly - Cordilura
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 21, 2005
Size: 6mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 22 May, 2005 - 6:58pm
Last updated 23 May, 2005 - 6:54am

Maybe a shot in the dark...
...but I think this is a species of Scathophagidae (dung flies). However, in that case it is not one of the genera with dung-feeding larvae, but one of the leaf-ming species. Probably genus Cordilura.

Paul

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… Paul Beuk, 23 May, 2005 - 2:51am login or register to post comments

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