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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Minute Black Scavenger Flies (Scatopsidae) » Scatopsinae » Scatopsini » Scatopse » Scatopse notata
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unknown fly - Scatopse notata
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

unknown fly - Scatopse notata
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
February 4, 2008
Size: ~5mm
Found this guy in our the edge of a brick planter in our garden. He appears to have a problem with mites. (live oak/chaparral habitat).

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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 6 February, 2008 - 10:18pm
Last updated 27 October, 2022 - 12:53pm

Moved
Moved from Minute Black Scavenger Flies.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 27 October, 2022 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID
But this is very similar, including mites. Minute Black Scavenger Flies (Scatopsidae)?
… John R. Maxwell, 6 February, 2008 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

 
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Gary - another very good pic !

John - do you know....how would it be able to fly with a mite attached to it's wing ?
… Sam Houston, 7 February, 2008 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

 
Poorly
I guess
… John R. Maxwell, 7 February, 2008 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
It was having some difficulty flying, that's why I was able to get reasonably good photos of it.
… Gary McDonald, 7 February, 2008 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

 
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Duh
… Sam Houston, 7 February, 2008 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

 
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I guess what I was wondering was what happens when they get a mite on their wing that way ? Do they just die because they can't get around or do they have some way of removing the mite ?
… Sam Houston, 7 February, 2008 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

 
Scatopsidae
The wing venation and antennae are pretty unique.
… Tymon Mazdak, 7 February, 2008 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

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