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fungus gnat or biting midge?
Copyright © 2017 angella moorehouse

fungus gnat or biting midge?
Mississippi River Sand Hills Nature Preserve, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
April 6, 2017
Found this really small fly visiting pussytoes flowers on the dry ridgetop of a sand hill prairie remnant.
Contributed by angella moorehouse on 6 April, 2017 - 5:02pm
Last updated 11 July, 2018 - 2:51pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Isaac Winkler, 11 July, 2018 - 2:51pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 9 April, 2017 - 4:49am

Neither
Antennae say Brachycera. Phoridae?
… John F. Carr, 7 April, 2017 - 7:37pm

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