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Photo#170579
small spike-winged fly - Megaselia - female

small spike-winged fly - Megaselia - Female
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
February 21, 2008
Size: 2mm
This was on the ice of a frozen wetland, and unfortunately died before I could photograph it at home.

Moved
Moved from Scuttle Flies.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Phorid
The venation is distinctive for phorids.

Phoridae?
I'm thinking this is a phorid, but will be very curious to see what one of our dipterists thinks:-) Nice image.

 
identification
Female Megaselia sp. (Phoridae)

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