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Hesperempis vesperaObserver
perksimagesDescription
All Dance Flies are predators, but many also use their body-piercing beaks to suck nectar from spring flowers. This one is clambering awkwardly over the stamens of a wild strawberry blossom.
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Monodromia fragilisObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Titirangi, Auckland.
Atkinson Park. On foliage in native bush, near the entrance to Zigzag Track.
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Genus HemerodromiaObserver
cosmopterixDescription
Vacuum sampled from foliage of Fraxinus sprouts.. Collection #7341
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Lipochaeta ranicaObserver
tobiashaysDescription
At LED headlamp on beach at night.
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Shore Flies (Family Ephydridae)Observer
naturephotosuzeDescription
Sepulveda Basin
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Genus DryxoObserver
es_jerukPlace
XXC5+RM8, Oloboju, Kec. Sigi Biromaru, Kabupaten Sigi, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia (Google, OSM)
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Shore Flies (Family Ephydridae)Observer
davidcsimonDescription
Very small. Backyard pond duckweed for scale.
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Shore Flies (Family Ephydridae)Observer
xespokPlace
Pak Kran, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya 13000, Thailand (Google, OSM)
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treegrowDescription
The only mid-atlantic species with brown color of mesonotum sharply delimited from pale gray coloration of ventral pleural areas. Mathis & Steiner, 1986
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Genus BrachydeuteraObserver
cholmesphotoDescription
Standing on the surface of a puddle of water, thanks to surface tension.
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Shore Flies (Family Ephydridae)Observer
xespokDescription
The ID is for the fly.
Attracted to light (160 W, mixed spectrum)
1 individual.
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Genus HydrelliaObserver
joemdoDescription
Seen while conducting plant monitoring with Mike B in Hole-in-the-Donut Restoration Area 2004 by canoe.
All of my observations from today:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-03-25&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo
More info about the surrounding restoration area: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm
Project that includes all of the Hole-in-the-Donut restoration areas: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration
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Shore Flies (Family Ephydridae)Observer
reugen7Description
The ones in the middle with white spots
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Shore Flies (Family Ephydridae)Observer
peroedDescription
~1.5-3mm head to wingtips. On leaf of the plant in Observation 213959101 at edge of marsh
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Genus HydrelliaObserver
cosmopterixDescription
On Potamogeton. Could just barely make out dipteran mouthparts. Cikkectuib 7107
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Shore Flies (Family Ephydridae)Observer
esantDescription
Found near a sulphuric stream.
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zihaowangDescription
Sample collected on this date, and the flies emerged at a later date.
