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Tachinid Fly
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Tachinid Fly
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
August 3, 2007
Size: 8mm
Found at the base of my Western Hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla.
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 8 September, 2007 - 11:31am
Last updated 13 April, 2009 - 2:24pm

no potential here; suggest frassing
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… v belov, 15 April, 2009 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae.
… v belov, 13 April, 2009 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

Tachinidae
Tachinidae
… Norm Woodley, 13 April, 2009 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 18 October, 2007 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

Looks like Tachinid
though I'm not quite sure. Spikey abdomen would be definitive. Is this one that way?

Also, just curious, are the antennae unusual here? (They seem long and thin.)
… Ron Hemberger, 8 September, 2007 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Another possibility:
A Sarcophagid. The typical one has red on the tip of the abdomen, but I'm sure some don't. As for how to tell them apart- I don't know.
… Chuck Entz, 8 September, 2007 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

 
The antennae are longish...abdomen a little spikey...
I was only able to get this one photo. When I tried to come around the trunk of the tree, it flew off.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 8 September, 2007 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

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