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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Gall Midges and Wood Midges (Cecidomyiidae) » Gall Midges (Cecidomyiinae) » Lasiopteridi
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Little Fly ID Request
Copyright © 2010 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Little Fly ID Request
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
September 14, 2010
Observed on a perennial Helianthus sp.

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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 14 September, 2010 - 5:51pm
Last updated 26 January, 2019 - 3:38pm

Moved
Moved from Minute Black Scavenger Flies.
… John F. Carr, 26 January, 2019 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

Lasiopterini?
Lasiopterini?
… John F. Carr, 6 February, 2016 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 October, 2010 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

Scatopsidae
Is the family...
… Gerard Pennards, 17 October, 2010 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 October, 2010 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

Just a guess: Small-headed fly
Family Acroceridae

Thom, if you post flies for ID to Flies (Diptera) you'll usually draw expert commentary quicker.
… Ron Hemberger, 14 September, 2010 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Not sure about that...
...it doesn't look "humpbacked" enough; plus it doesn't resemble any that I could find in the guide. It certainly has a small head, though.

My best guess would be Cecidomyiidae (albeit one with short antennae--perhaps they're broken?), possibly along the lines of this:
… Peter Edelman, 14 September, 2010 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

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