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louse fly
Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA
October 3, 2018
Many louse flies seen during a raptor banding session:

Those came from Cooper's hawks.
However, this was the only individual of this green species we saw. It may have come from a merlin. ID of these louse flies would be of interest to the Cape May Bird Observatory so any help is appreciated! If other views are needed I can look through my photos for them.

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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 20 January, 2019 - 5:40pm
Last updated 20 January, 2019 - 7:24pm

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