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Minute Black Scavenger Fly - Colobostema varicorne - female

Minute Black Scavenger Fly - Colobostema varicorne - Female
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
April 7, 2011
Size: ~2mm
My Daddy used to tell me, "When you don't know, you just don't know," and I just don't know

Moved
Moved from Colobostema.

? variatum
The only Southeastern species in the 1965 catalog is Colobostema variatum Cook. I have not seen a description of the species.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Scatopsidae?
I wonder if this is Colobostema.

 
you're the best, guys.
impeccable consensus...

midgy thing, sharp-looking

 
Yes,
looks like a "Minute Black Scavenger Fly" (Scatopsidae). I would guess Colobostema sp. (female).

so long,

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