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Marsh Fly

Dictya

Photo by hope.martin
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Field Notes

Notes:

Very small fly looking insect. Shown on Wake Robin (Trillium) for scale.

Reference Links:

Genus Dictya - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
hope.martin
I wonder tho... Could it be Limnia? http://bugguide.net/node/view/685292/bgpage
hope.martin
Thanks! I will take a look. It certainly makes sense as he was near a small creek and marshy area.
ForestDragon
Hi Hope, what an interesting looking fly! After doing a bit of searching, I think I may have narrowed this guy down to Genus Dictya, Marsh Flies. http://bugguide.net/node/view/35923 Take a look. I am not familiar with these guys but they are really neat looking. I love the dark wings with the light dots.

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