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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Carnoidea » Frit Flies (Chloropidae) » Grass Flies (Chloropinae) » Meromyza
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Frit fly, Meromyza sp.? - Meromyza
Copyright © 2005 Richard Leung

Frit fly, Meromyza sp.? - Meromyza
Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
May 22, 2005
Size: 4mm
This frit fly (Chloropidae) was collected from a hydrangea. According to the Cedar Creek website, the enlarged hind femur may suggest a Meromyza species. Other photos of Meromyza can be found at this site.

This small fly was very fast flying and I provided it with a drop of water to drink in order to pause it long enough to photograph (I had observed it drinking water on the hydrangea plant it was on).
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Contributed by Richard Leung on 24 May, 2005 - 10:03pm
Last updated 17 May, 2006 - 3:43pm

Yes
I think you are right with Meromyza. The closely related genus with enlarged hind femora has differently shaped antennae.

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
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