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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Black Flies (Simuliidae) » Simulium » subgenus Psilozia (Simulium subgenus Psilozia)
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Fly - Simulium - female
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Fly - Simulium - Female
Parker River NWR, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 24, 2008
Size: 4? mm
Found in my car on Plum Island. It is possible that it hitched a ride from the Boston area.

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 24 September, 2008 - 12:01pm
Last updated 16 February, 2009 - 9:06am

Moved
Moved from Simulium.
… John F. Carr, 16 February, 2009 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

 
Simulium vittatum
Simulium vittatum female
… John Kevin Moulton, 3 November, 2009 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Species or species complex?
Do you mean to ID to species S. vittatum or to the vittatum+tribulatum complex which Adler, Currie, and Wood(1) describe as morphologically indistinguishable?
… John F. Carr, 3 November, 2009 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Black Flies.

In the black flies multicolored legs (exclusive of tarsi) are unique to parts of Simulium(1).
… John F. Carr, 7 February, 2009 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

Black fly.
Awesome images of a black fly, family Simuliidae. Someone else may know what genus. Outstanding addition to the guide.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 September, 2008 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Second that
As soon as I saw this pic I new it would be something good, never seen a fly like that before, very cool!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 24 September, 2008 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Why so rare?
Why so few black fly pictures in the guide? There are only 43 including mine. By reputation they are very common up north.
… John F. Carr, 24 September, 2008 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

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