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tiny fly
Copyright © 2009 Tim Lethbridge

tiny fly
Lake Placid, Highlands County, Florida, USA
March 12, 2009
Size: about the size of a gnat,
Smallest insect I have ever photographed, even at 1:1 macro it occupied few pixels. It was hidden on the back side of an avocado blossom

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Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 15 March, 2009 - 10:40pm
Last updated 10 April, 2009 - 1:55am

moving to milichiidae
since it was so far back in the ID request
… Keith Bayless, 10 April, 2009 - 1:56am

Milichiidae
is my best guess but I am not certain.
… Matthias Buck, 16 March, 2009 - 9:19pm

 
Thanks
Matthias. It is not the best shot I know, hard to focus on something so small.
… Tim Lethbridge, 19 March, 2009 - 7:13pm

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