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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Carnoidea » Frit Flies (Chloropidae) » Grass Flies (Chloropinae) » Chlorops
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Frit Fly - Chlorops
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Frit Fly - Chlorops
Dixville, New Hampshire, USA
June 20, 2005
Size: 4.5mm
There were about a dozen of these colorful little flies in a patch of tall grass. They were a little bigger than the others I've seen so far.
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Contributed by tom murray on 23 June, 2005 - 7:56pm
Last updated 4 May, 2007 - 9:07am

Thanks Ron
It sure does look like the Chlorops in the link.
… tom murray, 4 May, 2007 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

 
A personal favorite, but I knew it only as a frit fly.
Peter and I are working to populate his UCI website with local species. For some odd reason, I never paid attention to his photo and caption.
… Ron Hemberger, 4 May, 2007 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

 
This is a great shot!
It actually shows a grass fly on grass! Most of the ones I have seen seem to be on leaves!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 18 September, 2008 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I've seen them in grass a number of times, but they're usually deep enough in so I can't get a picture.
… tom murray, 19 September, 2008 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

Could this be Chlorops sp?
http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/diptera/Chlorops.htm
… Ron Hemberger, 4 May, 2007 - 1:13am login or register to post comments

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