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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Root-Maggot Flies (Anthomyiidae) » Anthomyia » pluvialis section (Anthomyia pluvialis section) » Anthomyia illocata
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Which fly is this, please? - Anthomyia illocata - male
Copyright © 2007 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Which fly is this, please? - Anthomyia illocata - Male
My back garden, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
June 25, 2007
Not the clearest shot.
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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 25 June, 2007 - 9:12pm
Last updated 4 June, 2017 - 7:39am

Moved
Moved from pluvialis section.
… John F. Carr, 4 June, 2017 - 7:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthomyia.

If it's an Anthomyia it belongs in the pluvialis section.
… John F. Carr, 27 February, 2013 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 17 October, 2007 - 12:21am login or register to post comments

Looks like it's done some time.
That's one spectacular fly.
… Ron Hemberger, 25 June, 2007 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

 
What
do you think of this being an Anthomyia?
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 26 June, 2007 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Unsure, but they look different to me.
Yours is a lot more cosmetic, more toward syrphid in appearance.
… Ron Hemberger, 26 June, 2007 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
The revisionist in me speaks.
Yes! Anthomyia looks good.
… Ron Hemberger, 17 October, 2007 - 12:02am login or register to post comments

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