Xylophagid Flies (Xylophagidae)

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A relatively small family of flies whose larvae are found in decaying wood or in soil, usually in wooded habitats.
Probably Dialysis rufithorax
Shinleaf Rec Area, Falls Lake, Wake Co., NC
26 May 2008

Thanks to David Stephan at NC State for ID assistance. Three species of Dialysis flies from NC are in the NC State collection, and this is the most common.

Probably Dialysis rufithorax
Shinleaf Rec Area, Falls Lake, Wake Co., NC
26 May 2008
Probably Dialysis rufithorax
Shinleaf Rec Area, Falls Lake, Wake Co., NC
26 May 2008


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