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Black fly - Simulium
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Black fly - Simulium
Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
March 19, 2009
Size: 7mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 21 March, 2009 - 11:25pm
Last updated 18 October, 2014 - 11:51am

Moved
Moved from Ectemnia invenusta. Head spotting matches the illustration in Adler, Currie, and Wood.(1)
… John F. Carr, 18 October, 2014 - 11:51am

Simulium vittatum
These shots are of Simulium vittatum. Ectemnia has negative headspot pattern and large abdominal expansions, among other things.
… John Kevin Moulton, 26 March, 2014 - 10:02pm

Moved
Moved from Black Flies.
… tom murray, 18 September, 2009 - 3:42pm

Ectemnia invenusta
det J. Burger.
… Donald S. Chandler, 18 September, 2009 - 1:35pm

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