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tiny fly
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

tiny fly
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 21, 2006
Size: 1.5mm
found on the underside a rock.
Contributed by tom murray on 23 April, 2006 - 8:53am
Last updated 20 October, 2007 - 1:39pm

Moved
Moved from Lesser Dung Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 20 October, 2007 - 1:39pm

Sphaeroceridae
I think, can't see the first tarsomere of the hind leg as well as I would wish. It does have a long arista of the antennae.
… Donald S. Chandler, 23 April, 2006 - 10:55am

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