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Fairy Fly - Camptoptera - female
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Luk

Fairy Fly - Camptoptera - Female
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Size: ~ 0.24 mm
Emerged 6.ii.2008 from polypore fungus collected 18.i.2008. Wet-mounted and photographed through microscope at 100X magnification. This is a 6-image stack. Hopefully there is enough detail for some sort of identification.

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Fairy Fly - Camptoptera - female Fairy Fly Wings - Camptoptera - female
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 3 March, 2008 - 12:33pm
Last updated 2 April, 2011 - 4:01pm

Mymaridae-Camptoptera
It is a female of Camptoptera sp.
… Emilian Pricop , 4 April, 2011 - 4:34am login or register to post comments

 
Camptoptera
Much appreciated, Emilian. Thank you!
… Stephen Luk, 4 April, 2011 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mymaridae.
… v belov, 2 April, 2011 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

Mymaridae
This is a specimen of Camptoptera sp., Fam. Mymaridae
… Emilian Pricop , 2 April, 2011 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

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