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I have trawled through all the pictures on my phone and found a few more that show different views, not necessarily clear. It seems to have quite a "ruff" showing some colour: https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14627090478/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14813732615/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14813369042/ Maybe some of these will help? Thanks all for taking a look. Nancy On 2014-08-02, at 8:52 PM, jim.edsall <jim.edsall@bellaliant.net> wrote: > Looks like dipteran to me > > > > > Jim Edsall > Check out my new website at http://jimedsall.com > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> > Date: 08-02-2014 8:39 PM (GMT-04:00) > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] what? Another pic > > > Here is another clearer photo of what looks like the same species but likely not the same individual. Taken several days later with flash before dawn: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14810872164/ > > Maybe this will help with ID. > > Nancy > > On 2014-08-02, at 7:37 PM, Steve Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca> wrote: > > > Some hemipterans have elaborate ornaments on the prothorax (1st thoracic segment) -- helmets that may reach over the head. The recently suggested origin of these (as equivalent to modified prothoracic wings) has proved extremely controversial -- wings are always on the second and third thoracic segments, and unheard of on the first. I don't think that's it, here. > > Leafhoppers jump with their back legs which are specialized and short, sit underneath and don't look like this. It's hard to tell what's what at the front end (not quite in focus), but my initial guess from the pic is that the bug might be 'lower' Diptera (Nematocera) -- some sort of midge or mosquito. > > These don't have appendages sticking out of their heads, though -- if that is the head -- so perhaps it's a fungus sprouting from a sick fly? Difficult one. > > Steve, Hfx > > > > On 2-Aug-14, at 6:50 PM, nancy dowd wrote: > > > >> I am not sure what this small insect is, a Leafhopper? And that peg-like looking reddish thing on its "head" -part of the animal itself or? (details below): > >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14625823780/ > >> > >> I have not found anything that really matches it on BugGuide so far. > >> > >> Thanks for any help, Nancy > > > > > > > > > > >
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