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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Liriomyza
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Another one from Pescadero - Liriomyza
Copyright © 2009 Aaron Schusteff

Another one from Pescadero - Liriomyza
Pescadero, San Mateo County, California, USA
June 28, 2009
Size: Small
Any ideas on the ID of this fly? I'm having a hard time getting started with it. I'm guessing that's an ovipositor projecting out the tip of the abdomen.

This is another one from the edge of the intertidal zone of the marine estuary at Pescadero State Beach. It was perched on the blade of a native beach grass, Leymus mollis.

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Another one from Pescadero - Liriomyza Another one from Pescadero - Liriomyza
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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 8 July, 2009 - 11:53pm
Last updated 27 August, 2011 - 1:05pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf Miner Flies.
… Aaron Schusteff, 26 August, 2011 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 3 September, 2009 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

I hope my guess was right, but moving these images to "Flies" in hopes that an expert will get around to reviewing this section.
… Harsi S. Parker, 22 July, 2009 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Hope realized...
...as usual, you were right :-) Genus Liriomyza confirmed by Owen Lonsdale.
… Aaron Schusteff, 26 August, 2011 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

Liriomyza?
One of the Leaf Miner Flies. Just a guess, of course...



Check out the other images in this section and see what you think while you're waiting for an expert opinion.
… Harsi S. Parker, 9 July, 2009 - 12:44am login or register to post comments

 
Wow Harsi...
That was pretty darn fast! Thanks for your attention and effort here.

Your suggestion looks quite good to me. I actually did start to investigate the possibility of various fly families ending in ---"myzidae" (e.g Sciomyzidae, since this fly was right next to a marsh). But I'm a bit fatigued from working on other flies I've been posting. So I broke down and decided to take the "easy route" and just "ask BugGuide directly" :-)
… Aaron Schusteff, 9 July, 2009 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

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