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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Marsh Flies, Snail-killing Flies (Sciomyzidae) » Tetanocerini » Trypetoptera » Trypetoptera canadensis
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Tiny Fly - Trypetoptera canadensis
Copyright © 2012 Robley Hood

Tiny Fly - Trypetoptera canadensis
Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA
October 14, 2012

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Contributed by RMH111 on 15 October, 2012 - 8:56am
Last updated 25 August, 2013 - 12:49am

Moved
Moved from Marsh Flies.
… v belov, 25 August, 2013 - 12:49am login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 15 October, 2012 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

Trypetoptera canadensis
...in my opinion.
… Jason Botz, 15 October, 2012 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I was definitely confused when I looked at Marsh Flies. :-)
… RMH111, 15 October, 2012 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Glad to help (when I can)...
It's a neat group of flies - the larvae eat freshwater mollusks. Just don't ask me how a baby marsh fly gets from its mom to its first meal!
… Jason Botz, 15 October, 2012 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Whoa!
Fresh water mollusks? Thanks again!
… RMH111, 25 August, 2013 - 7:46am login or register to post comments

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