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Scale like insect on dead wood - Microdon
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Scale like insect on dead wood - Microdon
West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
January 22, 2017
Size: 9mm
Pupa after being rinsed. The adult has now emerged. I do not have equipment nor expertise to take photos of live flies. Does anyone want the live flies from this life cycle series ?

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Contributed by Schnerre on 21 March, 2017 - 7:48pm
Last updated 30 March, 2017 - 4:09pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 30 March, 2017 - 4:09pm

Microdon, perhaps?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15207
… metrioptera, 21 March, 2017 - 8:09pm

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