[Taxacom] Help with winged bug ID

[Doug Yanega]

On 3/3/14 12:43 PM, Timothy Jones wrote:
> Howdy All,
>
> Noticed these smallish bugs today in some old photos from last year, Sept
> 2013 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US., on a lawn-turf partially comprised of
> Eremochloa ophiuroides and Kyllinga sp., both were at anthesis -   and have
> no clue what they are.  Any help?  Both under five millimeters long.
>
> Small cropped images of the two bugs;
>
> http://imgur.com/OtxE2EU
>
> http://imgur.com/8UFjsHs
>
> Big image for context, showing the fly at ten o'clock.  Tiny!
> http://imgur.com/X0ntpTy
>
I doubt you'll be able to ID the fly from an image with such poor 
resolution, but the most likely candidate is Chloropidae (it's not an 
agromyzid, at least). The second image is a delphacid planthopper. The 
big photo shows an Apis gathering grass pollen.

Peace,

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