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Black Fly

Diptera

Photo by fgill
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Field Notes

Description:

-Has little hooks at the bottom of its stomach.
-It breaths using feathery gills.
-Dirty yellow to brown.
-Uses their gills \to filter food particles
-Can grow to be ⅓ inches long.
-Eaten by trout.
-Has hooks on the front of its head.

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PublishedDecember 14, 2018

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