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Phoridae (scuttle fly) Megaselia rufipes?
Roger Thomason
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Posted on 29-08-2012 16:37
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Found this one doing what scuttle flies do, scuttling around on my kitchen window. A couple of minutes in the freezer slowed it down for a bit...Correct ID & a male?

Size...just under 4mm.
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Last photo is amazing, Roger!!!! A pity the chosen background! Pfft
 
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But the ID is correct, which is probably more amazing than the background. Wink
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Hmm..A couple of wise guys huh? Maybe the last photo inspired your somewhat tongue-in-cheek replies PfftPfftPfft

Actually I had seen this type before and had it ID'd by Tony Irwin and Brian Brown...so in card playing terms..I was working with a rigged deck TumbsUp. Also have a couple of pics from that thread in the Gallery.

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As for the background..I had the fly in the freezer for about 4 minutes and didn't really expect it to do an impersonation of Lazarus whan I set it on graph paper [2mm squares] to get an idea of size without having to actually measure it.

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Roger..the not so "amazing" ...
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