Thread subject: Diptera.info :: small fly 6004309

Posted by robirdman on 23-06-2006 01:32
#1
near Chicago 6-16-06
~3/16" to 1/4"
Rolled over a log.
Instead of flying away this one backed into a depression.
I will send another shot

Posted by Jan Willem on 23-06-2006 06:35
#2
Hi,

Looks like Clusiidae. I have no idea what species of this family occur in the US.

Jan Willem

Posted by Paul Beuk on 23-06-2006 06:40
#3
Porbably a species of Clusiodes, but I think there are many more species in the Nearctic than in the West Palaearctic...