[Taxacom] Help with winged bug ID

[But Paul]

Dear Doug

Do bees collect grass pollen? Is Eremochloa insect-pollinated?

Thanks

Paul But
Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium 
Chinese University of Hong Kong

"Doug Yanega" <dyanega at ucr.edu> 於 2014年3月4日 4:51 寫道：

> 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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