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Flat fly
Copyright © 2015 Jukka Jantunen

Flat fly
Teslin, Yukon Territory, Canada
August 1, 2014
Size: 5mm
A parasite in bird's plumage. Found particularly in hatch-year birds but sometimes in adults too. These guys crawl out of the feathering when banding birds and fly away, or go back into the feathering. I have no idea what they are really called but would like to know.

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Contributed by Jukka Jantunen on 2 March, 2015 - 4:33pm
Last updated 3 November, 2016 - 5:19pm

Moved
Moved from Louse Flies.

Probably Ornithomya.
… John F. Carr, 3 November, 2016 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

hope our experts narrow it down further
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 2 March, 2015 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

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