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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Carnoidea » Frit Flies (Chloropidae) » Grass Flies (Chloropinae) » Thaumatomyia
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Leaf Miner Fly ? - Thaumatomyia
Copyright © 2009 Mardon Erbland

Leaf Miner Fly ? - Thaumatomyia
47.63037N 52.68710W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
August 12, 2009
Size: 4mm head to wing tips
What are thoset white things on its sides? Is those the halteres? I've never seen them stand out like that.

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 12 August, 2009 - 7:34pm
Last updated 23 May, 2012 - 12:27pm

Moved
Moved from Grass Flies.
… v belov, 23 May, 2012 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

Thaumatomyia
Thaumatomyia
… Terry Wheeler, 23 May, 2012 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Mardon Erbland, 16 August, 2009 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Yes, those are halteres.
Some stick out even more:


(I think yours is a frit fly, but am uncertain. Leaf miner is definitely a candidate.)
… Ron Hemberger, 12 August, 2009 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

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