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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Mydas Flies (Mydidae) » Mydinae » Mydas » Mydas clavatus
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Fly with orange spot - Mydas clavatus
Copyright © 2016 eaglebeach

Fly with orange spot - Mydas clavatus
Tracys Landing, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
July 15, 2007
Looks similar to the Mydas clavatus in my guide book, but I don't know.
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Contributed by eaglebeach on 14 October, 2016 - 1:02pm
Last updated 14 October, 2016 - 6:27pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 October, 2016 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

CORRECT!!!
You do indeed have a Mydas clavatus. Beautiful insect
… Tony Palmer, 14 October, 2016 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

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