Nemopoda nitdula

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Family: Sepsidae

Classification Order: Diptera – true flies Family: Sepsidae

Length . 4.5 mm

PhenologyApril to September.

Identification

Small flies AKA as Scavenger or Ensign Flies due to how they present their wings. They are similar in their superficial body shape to ants

Life Cycle

Usually breed in dung maure or decaying vegetation, but have been recorede in fruit bodies of fungi.

Habitat

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