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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Carnoidea » Frit Flies (Chloropidae) » Grass Flies (Chloropinae) » Thaumatomyia » Thaumatomyia grata
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Frit Fly - Thaumatomyia grata
Copyright © 2010 Peter Cristofono

Frit Fly - Thaumatomyia grata
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 9, 2010
Tiny yellow-and-black fly.

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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 9 July, 2010 - 7:01pm
Last updated 18 May, 2012 - 1:09pm

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… v belov, 18 May, 2012 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Thaumatomyia grata
Chloropidae, subfamily Chloropinae

More likely T. grata than T. obtusa based on the frontal triangle.
… Terry Wheeler, 18 May, 2012 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

Chloropidae indeed
Possibly Thaumatomyia obtusa.
… Yann Gobeil, 16 February, 2012 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

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… Keith Bayless, 19 July, 2010 - 4:20am login or register to post comments

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Frit Fly looks right to me. The experts will be able to tell us for sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 July, 2010 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

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