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Mydas Fly - Mydas
Copyright © 2006 Matthew Ireland

Mydas Fly - Mydas
Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
June 29, 2006
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Contributed by Matthew Ireland on 20 August, 2006 - 9:55pm
Last updated 28 August, 2006 - 1:50pm

Wow
Very unusual antenna. This cannot be M. clavatus. Everything else gets iffy in this genus.
… Herschel Raney, 21 August, 2006 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

 
unusual?
Do you mean in form or in colouration? They are lighter in colour as this is a recently emerged (teneral) individual.
… Matthew Ireland, 9 September, 2006 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

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