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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Wood Gnats (Anisopodidae) » Anisopodinae » Sylvicola » subgenus Sylvicola (Sylvicola subgenus Sylvicola) » Sylvicola alternatus
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Pretty Wings - Sylvicola alternatus - female
Copyright © 2012 Ashley Bradford

Pretty Wings - Sylvicola alternatus - Female
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
March 29, 2012
Found this fly in my house, on the inside of the glass, wanting to get out - so I took the opportunity to photograph it before capturing it and letting it out.
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 13 April, 2012 - 2:55pm
Last updated 15 April, 2012 - 7:35pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 15 April, 2012 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Wood Gnat?
Reminds me a bit of this one:



The experts will let you know if I'm anywhere close. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 April, 2012 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

 
It does look like that!
Down to the arrangement of the markings on the wings. Thank you!
… Ashley Bradford, 13 April, 2012 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

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