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Elegant 5 mm Fly at Mercury Vapor Lamp
Stephen
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Posted on 04-11-2006 21:07
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This nice-looking fly came to my mercury vapor lamp.

My diptera.info training led me to think "Sciaridae" first. I checked wing venation against my book and they seemed to match.

One key is supposed to be "eyes meet above the antennae" but I guess you can't see that from this view (my only view of this fly).

Is this a correct ID, Sciaridae? Probably no way to tell the sex of the fly from this photo?

West Virginia USA, 19 October 2006. Length 5.1 mm.
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Jan Willem
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Hi Stephen,

Sciaridae is correct. Although difficult to see, I think you are dealing with a female.

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Jan, Thanks for your help with this fly!
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