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Minute Black Scavenger Fly - Colobostema varicorne -

Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
April 7, 2011
Size: ~2mm

My Daddy used to tell me, "When you don't know, you just don't know," and I just don't know

Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 8 April, 2011 - 7:47am
Last updated 6 February, 2016 - 5:15pm

Moved

Moved from Colobostema.

… John F. Carr, 6 February, 2016 - 5:15pm

? variatum

The only Southeastern species in the 1965 catalog is Colobostema variatum Cook. I have not seen a description of the species.

… John F. Carr, 5 April, 2012 - 8:47pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 8 April, 2011 - 8:30am

Scatopsidae?

I wonder if this is Colobostema.

… John F. Carr, 8 April, 2011 - 8:27am

you're the best, guys.

impeccable consensus...

… v belov, 8 April, 2011 - 8:29am

midgy thing, sharp-looking

… v belov, 8 April, 2011 - 8:02am

Yes,

looks like a "Minute Black Scavenger Fly" (Scatopsidae). I would guess Colobostema sp. (female).

so long,

… Bjoern Rulik, 8 April, 2011 - 8:27am

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