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Black Flies

DateThu 2010-01-14

More black flies, this time distinctly matt black ones with three longitudinal ridges on the mesonotum and a flat scutellum.  Probably Minettia longipennis (Diptera: Lauxaniidae).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-07-19 and 2009-06-04.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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