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Zebra fly
Copyright © 2007 Andrew Meeds

Zebra fly
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
September 5, 2007
Size: 1/4 inch, maybe 1/3 inch
Okay... so usually I'm not real interested in flies but this one definitely caught my eye... any ideas?
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 6 September, 2007 - 8:50pm
Last updated 12 March, 2008 - 6:33pm

Fly
This looks to be a Root Maggot Fly of the family Anthomyiidae. Info here.
… Stephen Luk, 6 September, 2007 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

 
whoops...
dunno why I said moth... i was tired...
… Andrew Meeds, 7 September, 2007 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

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