Owl fly, ululodes arizonensis? - Ululodes arizonensis

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Owl fly, ululodes arizonensis? - Ululodes arizonensis

Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
September 6, 2007

The insect was caught in a spiders web, early morning, along the Salt river (Goldfield). The wing pattern is not of quadrimaculatus, nor the ascaloptynx. The clubbed antenna are plain light brown. There were no photos on the web, just some description from Psyche that I tried to work through.

Contributed by coultersca on 24 September, 2007 - 6:57pm
Last updated 14 September, 2009 - 12:06pm

Moved

Moved from Ululodes.

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 24 September, 2008 - 3:44pm

#147979 Identification – Ululodes arizonensis

Identification.

… John D. Oswald, 24 September, 2008 - 9:55am

Looks

Like the eye is divided so that may be the only possibility in that genus. Whether there are other western genera I am not sure.

… Herschel Raney, 25 September, 2007 - 8:32am

Thank you for the help. Ululodes have

the divided eyes, and there are at least three ululode species. I have not found a lot of information about ululodes unless you have the specimen in hand and can examine the wings more carefully.

… coultersca, 25 September, 2007 - 9:11pm

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