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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Scuttle Flies (Phoridae) » Millipede-killing Flies (Myriophora)
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biting midges? - Myriophora
Copyright © 2020 Jim Moore1

biting midges? - Myriophora
off Gambrill Park Road, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
May 18, 2019
In deciduous forest near pond; these flies were attacking this millipede, causing it to writhe in pain. Not sure if these are all the same species.

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biting midges? - Myriophora biting midges? - Myriophora biting midges? - Myriophora
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Contributed by Jim Moore1 on 24 March, 2020 - 3:52am
Last updated 24 March, 2020 - 8:11am

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… Tyler Hedlund, 24 March, 2020 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

Myriophora, perhaps?


The fly experts will be able to say for sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 March, 2020 - 7:33am login or register to post comments

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