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Blow Fly?
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk

Blow Fly?
Entrance to Johnston Canyon, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
August 23, 2007
Size: ~ 10 mm
Sitting on a leaf in low light. Relatively non-wary. I'm still bad with the Calyptratae ... don't know if this is a Muscoid or Oestroid. I thought the wings looked kind of nice.
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 20 December, 2007 - 1:48pm

This one reminds me...
Of a Mesembrina sp. (Family Muscidae). But this similarity could be due to mere convergence. That's why checking for hypopleural setae under a lens is so important for Calyptrate Flies.
… Richard Vernier, 20 December, 2007 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

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