Posted by Stephen on 15-07-2006 18:45
#1
Looking through lots of images, Lauxaniidae looks like the best match to me. I particularly found some photos of genus Minettia that looked similar.
These flies seemed to be everywhere here earlier this Spring. This photo was taken in late May. Location: West Virginia, USA, woodlands.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-07-2006 19:35
#2
It is indeed
[Minettia. It very much resembles
M. lupulina and [/i]M. desmometopa[/i] of the Palaearctic (the black posterior margin of the scutellum and a dark silver grey thorax).