Dark-Winged Fungus Gnat
 
Location: Calgary, AB
Date: Mar. 5,  2005		                
           Photo 3

Note how the eyes join above the base of the antennae.

  

D.W. Fungus Gnat Wing
Common Name:  Dark-Winged Fungus Gnat

Latin Name:  Family Sciaridae
                        (R. Bercha, det.)

Length:  5 mm or less

Range: Throughout Alberta

Habitat: Moist Shady places and house plants

Time of year seen:  Summer outside, winter indoors

Larva's Diet: Fungi, plant roots, decaying vegetation 

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