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Beats me - Megaselia - male

Beats me - Megaselia - Male
Thompsontown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 21, 2011
Size: 3 mm (?)
Dolichopodid, maybe? Found in the kitchen.

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Beats me - Megaselia - male Beats me - Megaselia - male

Moved
Moved from Frass.

Det. Brian Brown

I figure if they're good enough for a genus-level ID, I might as well put them in the Guide. (Again, thanks for the suggestion, Max.)

Frassed
Moved from Flies.

Phoridae?
Something like this?



Or this?


 
Excellent matches, as always :)
For some reason, I never think of Phoridae--but I suspect you're absolutely right. I'd love to think that your first choice is correct, and that it's going after our household Tapinoma colony--but your second option looks more likely to me.

I'll give it a day or so to see if anyone else feels like chiming in, and then I'll move to Frass.

Thanks!

 
Try emailing
Brian Brown, he may be able to ID further.

 
I may just do that.
Thanks for the suggestion!

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