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Cecidomyiidae?
miked
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Posted on 31-10-2006 16:10
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Apologies for the awful photo, I only show it as it seems rather a strange little fly and there did not seem much in the gallery like it.
It was very small, I only saw it by accident while at grround level looking at some fungi at the base of a tree. July 2005, new forest, UK.
miked attached the following image:


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Tony Irwin
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"Science News - Recent cave art discoveries indicate that early man hunted flies as well as bison and mammoth!" Grin
Sorry, Mike - couldn't resist it. Yes, its a cecid. Not much chance of saying anything more about it, though.
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Yes I thought cave art too, wonder if it would make some nice wallpaper. Thanks for the confirmation of the ident.
 
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