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Critter.... - Dilophus
Copyright © 2007 Sam Houston

Critter.... - Dilophus
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
November 17, 2007
Size: 1/4"
None of the pics of this critter turned out very good so I included two in hope of an ID anyway. Please help with ID.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 18 November, 2007 - 10:25pm
Last updated 11 March, 2008 - 8:49am

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Sam Houston, 11 March, 2008 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Dilophus.
… Sam Houston, 3 March, 2008 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 30 November, 2007 - 11:55pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from March Flies.
… Sam Houston, 30 November, 2007 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

 
Don't frass
This is a good photo of an under-represented genus
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 30 November, 2007 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Frass
Will, I think that Sam had 2 nearly identical photos, just with different crop factors, and had only Frassed the further away less detailed image.
… John R. Maxwell, 1 December, 2007 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
But I would look through the March Flies (Bibionidae)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3834/bgpage
… John R. Maxwell, 18 November, 2007 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

 
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looks similar to this Dilophus http://bugguide.net/node/view/10838/bgpage
… Sam Houston, 18 November, 2007 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

 
I think males and females have different shaped heads
and antennae, in case this little tidbit might help in your search.
… Ron Hemberger, 19 November, 2007 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

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