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fly - Diastata
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

fly - Diastata
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
February 3, 2006
Size: 2mm body

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fly - Diastata fly - Diastata
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Contributed by tom murray on 4 February, 2006 - 6:57pm
Last updated 10 February, 2006 - 4:46pm

Diastatidae: Diastata sp.
You can see clearly from the other image that this is a Diastata sp.
… Donald S. Chandler, 9 February, 2006 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

Identification
Please, remove these pictures from the Dolichopodidae section as they do not belong here.
… dr Marc Pollet, 7 February, 2006 - 5:40am login or register to post comments

long legged fly
This one looks like a long legged fly belong to the family Dolichopodidae -Chen
… Chen Young, 6 February, 2006 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Chen
Now I see I took a picture of one in the summer that looks like this one. I have a hard time with many of the flies.
… tom murray, 6 February, 2006 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

 
dr. Marc Pollet
is correct, this fly does not belong to long legged fly, I should have noticed the humeral break on it. Sorry, my mistake - Chen
… Chen Young, 7 February, 2006 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

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