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unknown Diptera
Copyright © 2019 Kristi Van Wert

unknown Diptera
San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
April 29, 2018
Found on Thymus vulgaris, looking for family name.
Contributed by Kristi Van Wert on 4 January, 2019 - 9:35pm
Last updated 5 January, 2019 - 7:22am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

These are fungus feeders. Thyme is incidental.
… John F. Carr, 5 January, 2019 - 7:22am

 
Cecidomyiidae
Thank you. I'm studying Thyme as a floral resource for attracting predators/parasitoids and it seems to attract a lot of other things as well!
… Kristi Van Wert, 5 January, 2019 - 12:29pm

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