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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Flies (Diptera) of the FWG (21 galleries) >> Picture-winged Flies (Family: Ulidiidae) > Picture-winged fly, possibly Chaetopsis
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05-JUN-2015 Christine Hanrahan

Picture-winged fly, possibly Chaetopsis

Fletcher Wildlife Garden

There were numbers of these tiny flies around the pond, landing on cattails, as here, and other aquatic vegetation. I think this is in the genus Chaetopsis, which is typically found in marshy areas, with lots of cattail growth.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/125s f/3.5 at 4.5mm iso100 full exif

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