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Tiny, slender fly(?)
Copyright © 2009 Ron Hemberger

Tiny, slender fly(?)
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
March 31, 2009
Size: ~5mm guess
About the size of a thrips, but infinitely more furtive.

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 2 April, 2009 - 4:00pm
Last updated 2 April, 2009 - 11:07pm

Looks like a scatopsid to me.
Looks like a scatopsid to me...
… Martin Hauser, 2 April, 2009 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID and the move, Martin.
You've nailed it once again. I'll try to get closer next time for better shots. Meanwhile, this one puts the UCI Orange County website at 995 species and makes me quite glad.
… Ron Hemberger, 3 April, 2009 - 12:41am login or register to post comments

 
That close to 1,000, eh?
I will have to make a point of going through the images I've taken at my mother-in-law's down in Fullerton and see if I can find anything you guys haven't got already.
… Harsi S. Parker, 3 April, 2009 - 1:38am login or register to post comments

 
Yay!
I'm still digging through last week's stuff. We picked up three today.
… Ron Hemberger, 3 April, 2009 - 2:01am login or register to post comments

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