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Strange fly - Platystoma seminationis
Copyright © 2007 john and jane balaban

Strange fly - Platystoma seminationis
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 22, 2007
Size: ~6mm
Is this Platystoma seminationis? It reminds us of Tom's . Found in an open sunny part of the woods.

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 23 June, 2007 - 9:44pm
Last updated 24 June, 2007 - 3:45pm

Yes it is the new European!
Yes it is the new European!
… Martin Hauser, 24 June, 2007 - 3:45pm

 
Thanks again, Martin
But we'd have been happier if it was a high-quality native species :-)
… john and jane balaban, 24 June, 2007 - 5:30pm

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