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Very small fly, found on moss, south UK, 2/2/20
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Sciaridae female. Difficult to take further from photos.
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Tony - thanks for the family. Is there an online key anywhere (I also have a male specimen) ... Colin
 
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No on-line key that I know of, but Freeman's 1993 Royal Ent. Soc. Handbook (a bit out of date, but still useful - there have been lots of species added new to Britain since) is available for only £2.00 from the RES - see:
https://www.royen...-sciaridae
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Thanks Tony - had seen that but wasn't sure how useful it would be ... Colin
 
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