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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Calliphorinae » Calliphora » images found unIDable beyond genus by T.L. Whitworth (Calliphora images found unIDable beyond genus by T.L. Whitworth)
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Tachinid Fly ?? - Calliphora
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

Tachinid Fly ?? - Calliphora
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
February 8, 2008
Size: ~10mm
Saw this fly on Argyranthemum frutescens in our garden, maybe a tachinid of some kind? (live oak/chaparral habitat).
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 15 February, 2008 - 10:56am
Last updated 12 December, 2010 - 7:11pm

Moved
Moved from Calliphora.
… v belov, 12 December, 2010 - 7:11pm login or register to post comments

from Terry Whitworth: "Probably Calliphora"
Moved from Calyptratae.
… v belov, 26 May, 2009 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

left uncommented by Dr Woodley
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… v belov, 15 April, 2009 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

For what it's worth
and it's not much (!), I agree with Tachinidae, mainly because of those dense, thick bristles on the abdomen...
… Ken Schneider, 18 March, 2008 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

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