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Flies driving me NUTS!!! - Megaselia scalaris - female
Copyright © 2006 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Flies driving me NUTS!!! - Megaselia scalaris - Female
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
January 8, 2006
Size: really small
Okay I pushed my camera as far as it will go-I can't do any better-these flies are making me miserable!! I have no idea where they are coming from!!! See my note in forums
I took these magnifying glasses and the microscope-it's the best I can do!!

Please note-I used my digital camera because the microscope takes 110 film-which I don't have around the house normally!!

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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 9 January, 2006 - 4:25pm
Last updated 13 January, 2006 - 12:01pm

Phoridae
What you have are flies of the family Phoridae and probably belong to Megaselia scalaris, a species feed on rotten potato or other root crops - Chen
… Chen Young, 10 January, 2006 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks-what else will they fe
Thanks-what else will they feed on-tryng to get rid of them!!

added one more set of photos
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 10 January, 2006 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

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