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spider-legged fly - Haplusia rubra

spider-legged fly - Haplusia rubra
Ailsa Craig, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
July 12, 2006
Size: body about 5 mm
attracted to light

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spider-legged fly - Haplusia rubra spider-legged fly - Haplusia rubra

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Haplusia rubra
Robin, this is Haplusia rubra (Felt)(Cecidomyiidae). I identified Haplusia funebris Plakidas in 2007 with a key to the north american species. And I also have H. rubra in my collection. Reared them from larvae living under decaying bark. Adults are large 5-7 mm, have black and white banded legs, and pale white body color.

 
Thanks
for the ID and info, John.