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Small strange looking fly
lagura
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Posted on 04-11-2008 19:14
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 Hello al,
I wonder if anyone can ID this small and strange looking (at least to me) fly. It's no more than 4mm long.
Photo taken 2 november 2008 on a wooden railing surrounding a pond.
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 Phoridae. As far as I know, impossible to get an ID from pictures. Hard even with pinned specimens.

Jari
 
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 Kiitos Jari. Thanks!
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 Resembles Diplonevra.
Regards, Mike
 
http://palaeoentomolog.ru/Personnel/mm.html, http://fossilinsects.net
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