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small fly
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

small fly
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 7, 2009
Size: ~3mm
Identified as either Aptilotus nigriphallus or Nearcticorpus canadensis, female by Matthias Buck from looking at the specimen.
Contributed by tom murray on 8 March, 2009 - 9:35pm
Last updated 4 April, 2009 - 10:07pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 14 March, 2009 - 10:04am

Limosininae
Probably a Spelobia but some of the diagnostic characters are hidden.
… Matthias Buck, 14 March, 2009 - 10:03am

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