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 Very Odd Little Fly, What Family?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 08-10-2006 13:27
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
This fly struck me as very odd. It was hard to photograph as it walked very, very quickly up and down the leaf it was on, stopping very seldom and then only for a second. Length, 2.75 mm. On a leaf on a plant in the woods beside a stream. West Virginia USA. ID help would be appreciated. I looked at a few thousand photos on BugGuide and couldn't find anything similar. Surely the antennae are the key, but where have I seen antennae like that? Stephen attached the following image:  [191.82Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 08-10-2006 13:54
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Yep, I agree, very odd! No, I'm just kidding Stephen!It's not a fly at all, but a chalcidoid wasp from the family Encyrtidae!  Greetings, Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 08-10-2006 14:04
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Ha, Fooled again. The wasp idea had occurred to me briefly but I rejected it because the insect has such large and fly-like (to me) eyes. Thank-you Gerard for setting me straight. This does explain why my looking at a few thousand fly pictures didn't help!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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