Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ephydridae- Raleigh, NC USA
Posted by dguzman58 on 12-11-2011 16:26
#1
ID please? 3 to 5 mm long I guess.
Edited by dguzman58 on 22-11-2011 00:04
Posted by dguzman58 on 12-11-2011 16:27
#2
dorsal view....
Posted by bradbarnd on 12-11-2011 16:33
#3
Ephydridae, reminds me of Brachydeutera...
Posted by dguzman58 on 12-11-2011 16:55
#4
anhaaah! this is the same container of water where I picked up the Ephydridae larvae posted in the larva forum.
Thanks!!
Posted by Tony Irwin on 13-11-2011 21:32
#5
I'd agree that it's very like Brachydeutera.
Posted by bradbarnd on 06-10-2012 00:23
#6
I believe this is Brachydeutera longipes, based on lateral coloration of thorax. This is a relatively recent introduction, reported by Mathis & Steiner 1986, where they found it from Maryland to Georgia.