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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Thrips (Thysanoptera)
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Tiny Black Fly / Bee / Wasp?
Copyright © 2008 Mardon Erbland

Tiny Black Fly / Bee / Wasp?
47.63073N 52.68735W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
May 29, 2008
Size: 1 mm Body Length
I was examining one of the first dandelions to bloom in the field next to our house, when I noticed numerous black objects crawling around the flower's petals. The insects were too small to distinguish much about them with my naked eye but I got my camera and got this image of one of them. In this photo the insect is sitting on one of the dandelion's petals. I'm thinking this is a fly but I seem to always be mixing up flies, bees and wasps, so hopefully someone can ID this individual. Are those tiny 'balls' that are adhered to its body pollen grains?
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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 29 May, 2008 - 6:30pm
Last updated 30 May, 2008 - 8:23am

Thrips
Looks like a thrips to me.
… Sean McCann, 29 May, 2008 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the ID. I notice most of the Thrips on BugGuide are listed as a little larger than 1 mm but we have a late spring here in Newfoundland, so maybe this individual still has some growing to do.
… Mardon Erbland, 30 May, 2008 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

 
Done growing
Any insect with wings has finished growing. The Peterson insect guide says thrips are mostly 0.5 - 2 mm, so a 1 mm thrips is perfectly reasonable.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 February, 2009 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

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