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Copyright © 2007 Mardon Erbland

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48.173767N 54.015820W (WGS84), Clarenville, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
June 25, 2007
Size: 4mm Body Length

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 29 June, 2007 - 8:03pm
Last updated 6 July, 2007 - 9:10am

Scatopsidae?
I'm not that good on 'long-horned flies' but i think this is a minute black scavenger fly.
… Keith Bayless, 30 June, 2007 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
I think
Probably a black fly (Simuliidae); female.
… Matt Bertone, 2 July, 2007 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks - Moved
Thanks to both Keith and Matt.  The Wiki page for Scatopsidae reads, "generally similar to black flies (Simuliidae) but usually lacking the humped thorax characteristic of that family." Since the fly I photographed does have a noticeable hump to its thorax, I've moved the images to the Simuliidae page as Matt suggests.
… Mardon Erbland, 6 July, 2007 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

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