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Copyright © 2012 bugnme2

ID Request Please
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
September 1, 2012
Contributed by bugnme2 on 2 September, 2012 - 12:56pm
Last updated 24 November, 2012 - 12:50am

Moved
Moved from Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies.
… Bjoern Rulik, 24 November, 2012 - 12:50am

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 13 October, 2012 - 9:44pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 26 September, 2012 - 4:01pm

Can you click on Edit and fill in the field marked Remarks.
What are these pictures of? Is there a story that goes with them? It looks like at least two different specimens. Were they floating in the dog's water bowl or something?
… john and jane balaban, 2 September, 2012 - 6:01pm

Simuliidae; prob. a female [engorged?]
… v belov, 2 September, 2012 - 1:17pm

 
I would guess Scatopsidae
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… Brad Barnd, 2 September, 2012 - 2:13pm

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