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Huge Fly - Xenox habrosus
Copyright © 2008 margarethe brummermann

Huge Fly - Xenox habrosus
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
May 28, 2008
Size: about 1 in

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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 29 May, 2008 - 9:30pm
Last updated 30 May, 2008 - 8:27pm

One of these
visited us at breakfast a couple of days ago. I had enough time to exclaim to my perplexed wife, "there's a Xenox", run into the house for a net and a step ladder.......Managed the catch, cool-down for photos. Might post once my computer is repaired.
I can confirm this is definitely X. habrosus since, aside from wing pattern, the spur at the base of R4 is connected to vein R2+3 to form a complete sectoral crossvein. In all other Xenox that spur is not connected as described above.
… Hartmut Wisch, 16 August, 2009 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

 
nifty
I made a pretty good guess!
… Nina, 16 August, 2009 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

take a look at X. habrosus an
take a look at X. habrosus and let me know what you think about the wing pattern and veining.

Nina
… Nina, 30 May, 2008 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

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