Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
Insects of Cedar Creek
Order DIPTERA
Family LONCHAEIDAE
(Lonchaeid Flies)
(Table of Species)
Lonchaeid Flies (38 NA spp) are generally dark-metallic, with extremely large eyes, and a visible ovipositor? Larvae feed on injured plants, under bark, and in fungi.
Lonchaea
sp
collected. Tom Bruns reared xx from fungi.
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Last updated May, 2000
