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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » March Flies (Bibionidae) » Penthetria » Penthetria heteroptera
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True Fly on the Ground - Penthetria heteroptera - male
Copyright © 2011 Brent Turcotte

True Fly on the Ground - Penthetria heteroptera - Male
North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada
October 17, 2010

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Contributed by Brent Turcotte on 2 February, 2011 - 7:17pm
Last updated 8 March, 2014 - 5:21pm

Moved
Moved from March Flies.
… John F. Carr, 8 March, 2014 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies.
… John F. Carr, 21 May, 2012 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

Bibionidae
For sure
… Chris Borkent, 21 May, 2012 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 29 June, 2011 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 10 February, 2011 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

Some sort of fly
I first thought Bibio but R-M crossvein is too long and I see no tibial spurs. Then I thought Dilophus but I see no rows of spines on the thorax or front tibia. The swollen hind tarsi are found in the species of Bibio that fly in October.
… John F. Carr, 2 February, 2011 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

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