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Looking for a common name
Toby
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Posted on 01-08-2010 12:51
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 Is there a common name for Scaptomyza cf. graminum (Drosophilidae). ? Organisers of a show are using a photo I took of a mating pair. Maybe they could label image Leaf-mining flies mating?
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 Of old I think it was called the "Turnip Fly".
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