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Fly?
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Fly?
Ayer, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
November 26, 2006
Size: 2.5mm
Found feeding on sap from a birch sapling cut down by a beaver.
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 November, 2006 - 7:19pm
Last updated 28 November, 2006 - 8:08am

Moved
Moved from Moth Flies and Sand Flies.
… Omar Fahmy, 28 November, 2006 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

Mothfly
Nice! Looks like a Psychodid to me.
… Sean McCann, 27 November, 2006 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Sean
It's a little different from the ones I've seen here before, but there are others close to it in the guide.
… tom murray, 28 November, 2006 - 5:41am login or register to post comments

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