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Root-maggot Fly
Copyright © 2009 Cheryl Moorehead

Root-maggot Fly
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
May 9, 2009
Size: 7mm
Many of these are hanging around my cherry tree and fruit trees in my alley. This one was sitting on leaf of Cherry Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus that is growing next to my cherry tree.
Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 9 May, 2009 - 4:18pm

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