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The Entire Mexican Cactus Fly - Copestylum mexicanum - male

The Entire Mexican Cactus Fly - Copestylum mexicanum - Male
Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
November 9, 2007

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Hard Life (Mexican Cactus Fly) - Copestylum mexicanum The Entire Mexican Cactus Fly - Copestylum mexicanum - male

Moved
Moved from Frass.

Frassed
Moved from ID Request.

We already have a lot of good images of these.

 
Lots Of Good Images
Maybe we have lots of good images of these, but do we have one of the "Blind Fly In The Bleachers?" The other one of this series seemed pretty interesting and unusual.

 
What a song that was!
I'm both impressed and put off when someone can sing such a maudlin, transparent ditty...and have it profoundly yank on my emotions.

I value your opinion; let's see if anyone else weighs in.

 
My Opinion
Well, 50 cents and my opinion will get you a cup of coffee, so we know what that's worth! Let's do hope somebody else weighs in.

Personally, I think things such as this add to the knowledge base of insects. Anyone can see or post a normal one, but how many like this get documented? You might remember the Sachem Skipper I posted with the cloudy eye that wasn't normal looking. Here's that one:

I never got any comments about it, so it must be a very rare phenomenon. The more this gets reported, maybe there will be something for experts to work with. That's my hope, anyway.

 
Well, 50 cents and your opinion got this fly a home.
I did remember your skipper post, so maybe mine will be memorable too.

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