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Tiny Fly - Megaselia
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Tiny Fly - Megaselia
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
November 4, 2005
Size: 1.5mm
It would keep moving, flying a short ways, and then running aroung.
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Contributed by tom murray on 5 November, 2005 - 6:39pm
Last updated 19 August, 2009 - 5:37pm

Moved
Moved from Scuttle Flies.
… tom murray, 19 August, 2009 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

Phoridae? A scuttle fly.
A good view of the wing venation would be diagnostic, or a good lateral view. The behavior you mention is classic for a phorid.
… Donald S. Chandler, 6 November, 2005 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

 
This is a Megaselia, can't te
This is a Megaselia, can't tell which species, though.
… Brian V. Brown, 19 August, 2009 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

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