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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Mydas Flies (Mydidae) » Mydinae » Mydas » Mydas ventralis
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Black & Orange
Copyright © 2008 Robert L. Pearson

Black & Orange "Fly" ?? - Mydas ventralis
Skull Valley, (WSW of Prescott 10 miles), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
July 11, 2007
Caught watering from my watermelon plant bowl.
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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 7 February, 2008 - 5:54pm
Last updated 26 September, 2014 - 7:09am

Moved
Moved from Mydas.
… John S. Ascher, 26 September, 2014 - 7:09am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mydas Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 3 August, 2008 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

It is a Mydidae, but I am not
It is a Mydidae, but I am not sure of the genus. I never have seen them on water like this! Well they often live in deserts, so there is not a lot of opportunity to sit on water....
… Martin Hauser, 8 February, 2008 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

Mydidae
Perhaps a Mydas sp? Just a guess on the genus.
… Tymon Mazdak, 7 February, 2008 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Martin & Tymon
Interesting info on Mydidae, wished i'd gotten a measurement.
… Robert L. Pearson, 8 February, 2008 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

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