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beach fly - Ephydra
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

beach fly - Ephydra
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 20, 2008
Size: 5.5mm
Found in a muddy area at the edge of an ocean bay.

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beach fly - Ephydra beach fly - Ephydra
Contributed by tom murray on 21 October, 2008 - 10:59pm
Last updated 17 June, 2009 - 7:12pm

Ephydra
Benjamin Foote det.

Moved from Shore Flies.
… v belov, 17 June, 2009 - 7:12pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… tom murray, 22 October, 2008 - 6:06am

some kind of
Ephydridae: Ephydrinae, possibly genus Ephydra.
… Keith Bayless, 21 October, 2008 - 11:44pm

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