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Clusiid Fly (Heteromeringia sp.)

Heteromeringia sp. Tentative ID based on bugguide.net images. Found at Mayville Ledge Beech-Maple Woods SNA in east-central Wisconsin. Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA.

 

Presumably Heteromeringia nitida. Fly is in the 4-5mm range.

 

Found in mixed hardwood forest. It was crawling around on the trunk of a dead fallen debarked hardwood tree.

 

Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-26EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie and plastic cup diffuser.

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Uploaded on August 5, 2021
Taken on July 25, 2021