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Wood Gnat - Sylvicola
Copyright © 2009 Peter Cristofono

Wood Gnat - Sylvicola
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 24, 2009
A gnat with stripes on body and iridescent wings photographed in the late afternoon on a window, resulting in a strange double shadow, one green, one pink.
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 24 April, 2009 - 7:33pm
Last updated 28 June, 2009 - 9:40pm

Moved
Moved from "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera).
… Peter Cristofono, 28 June, 2009 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

Moving to Nematocera for now...
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… Ken Schneider, 1 June, 2009 - 11:48am login or register to post comments

Gnat?
Compare Sylvicola(1).
… John F. Carr, 24 April, 2009 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Anisopodidae: Sylvicola
I agree, looks like Sylvicola to me
… Chris Borkent, 27 June, 2009 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks John. I think you are right - a gnat.
… Peter Cristofono, 24 April, 2009 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

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