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TheHackster Columbus, GA(Zone 8a) Apr 18, 2010

It is real small.

Here's an idea of how small it is. It is on a holly leaf.

Hack

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TheHackster Columbus, GA(Zone 8a) Apr 18, 2010

Here's a close-up

What is it?

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TheHackster Columbus, GA(Zone 8a) Apr 18, 2010

I repositioned the camera and snapped this pic.

Hack

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Apr 19, 2010

This appears to be one of the tiny flies in the superfamily Sciaroidea known collectively as fungus gnats - see http://tinyurl.com/yyzh3h6 and http://tinyurl.com/y43mgkt for examples. It takes microscopic examination by an expert in the group to get a reliable specific identification.

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TheHackster Columbus, GA(Zone 8a) Apr 19, 2010

That's it. You are amazing. The first link's pic could be a twin of my specimen.

Thanks,
Hack

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