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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » March Flies (Bibionidae) » Dilophus » proximus, sectus, caurinus, obesulus, or tibialis females (Dilophus proximus, sectus, caurinus, obesulus, or tibialis females)
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8005665 - Dilophus - female
Copyright © 2008 Rob Curtis

8005665 - Dilophus - Female
McLaughry springs FP, Cook County, Illinois, USA
July 1, 2008
Size: ~1/4"
It's very seldom where I can't even tell the order but this is the case here. I wish I could have gotten better shots. It looked cooperative and after a few handheld shots,I thought I could use the tripod but it startled and was lost. Truly puzzled. Fly, bug, beetle? Never saw anything like it before.

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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 3 July, 2008 - 8:20am
Last updated 10 January, 2023 - 1:28pm

Moved
Moved from Dilophus.
… Even Dankowicz, 10 January, 2023 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from March Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 8 July, 2008 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

Dilophus, female (IL)
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… Matthias Buck, 8 July, 2008 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
but looks like it could be a female March Fly (Bibionidae)? Maybe gravid? Please wait for one of the experts to comment, though...
… Ken Schneider, 3 July, 2008 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

 
Now I see you are right. I'v
Now I see you are right. I've had mostly males, but I remember now that my first ones years ago were in association with females. Must be early Alzheimer's.
… Rob Curtis, 4 July, 2008 - 12:26am login or register to post comments

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