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Tachinid with a lot of character
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Tachinid with a lot of character
Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
June 1, 2007
In the air, this one looks and moves like a Mex*ican cac*tus fly. The red coloration is easy to see in the computer, but not otherwise. Shot on composite. Generally, the fly seemed to prefer decrepit blooms and would land on the underside of them. Near the end of our photo session, however, I was fortunate to get these top-of-the-posy shots.

I'm fairly sure this is the same fly:

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 4 June, 2007 - 4:26pm
Last updated 7 August, 2007 - 12:23am

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