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Itsy-bitsy - Chalarus

Itsy-bitsy - Chalarus
Alameda County, California, USA
December 14, 2009
Size: ~0.08 in., 2 mm
On radish leaf, about noon. If this is a syrphid, it's the smallest one I've seen.

Moved
Moved from Big-headed flies.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

 
Chalarus
This is a species of Chalarus. Only two species are known from North America but many (over 20) undescribed species exist.

pipunculid?
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