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Mydas Fly (Mydas tibialis)
Photo#203480
Copyright © 2008
Keith Brown
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Mydas tibialis
Indianapolis 4800 east 00 north/south, Near eastside inside city proper Marion County, Indiana, USA
July 18, 2008
Size: 5 CM wing spam abt 8 CM
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Contributed by
Keith Brown
on 19 July, 2008 - 1:09pm
Last updated 9 September, 2008 - 4:13pm
Moved
Moved from
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Eric R. Eaton
, 9 September, 2008 - 4:13pm
guess
Hi Keith here's a link to a wasp picture I took that was ID'd as a mydas wasp. See what you think.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/179961
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Matt Edmonds
, 19 July, 2008 - 1:27pm
Photo #179961 is mislabeled
is mislabeled as a wasp. It should be a labeled as a fly rather than a wasp...
Your is, in my opinion, a mydas fly but I have no idea which species...
Look through
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2761/bgimage
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Ron M.
, 19 July, 2008 - 2:20pm
UGH!!
Thanks Ron, you're right! I thought it was a wasp when I submitted it and then didn't think to change the label when I moved it to the species page.
I'll do that now.
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Matt Edmonds
, 19 July, 2008 - 3:49pm
Mydas tibialis.
Pretty distinctive species, seems to mimic Sphex nudus, though the flies tend to be larger than their wasp models!
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Eric R. Eaton
, 19 July, 2008 - 6:19pm
