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Photo#986975
Black Onion Fly - Tritoxa flexa - female

Black Onion Fly - Tritoxa flexa - Female
Valley Forge National Historical Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 24, 2014
Size: Maybe around 8.5 mm?
These images were shot during their Bug BioBlitz with the The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

I think Tritoxa flexa (Black Onion Fly)?
Gender?

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Female
Abdomen with a pull-tab = ♀
Isn't that correct John?

 
Thanks
Clearly a good match for this one. At the time I must have been looking for eye size ratios or something.

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