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Sarcophagidae 04a - Sarcophaga
Copyright © 2008 Karl Volkman

Sarcophagidae 04a - Sarcophaga
Near Curlew Lake. ~10 niles Northeast of Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
July 6, 2008
Found wandering on my arm in the late evening

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Contributed by Karl Volkman on 28 July, 2008 - 11:43pm
Last updated 29 July, 2008 - 1:02am

The Money Shot for Sarcophaga
The "red tail light" gets it right to genus:


(Yeah, I know. It's in the other view too. But this shot is much more dramatic.)
… Ron Hemberger, 29 July, 2008 - 12:48am login or register to post comments

 
Red bums
Ron: Unfortunately, it is a little more difficult than that. Many taxa that were previously recognized as genera (e.g., in the Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 2) have been synonymized with Sarcophaga but there are still quite a few left with red terminalia that are not Sarcophaga.
… Matthias Buck, 29 July, 2008 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Matthias, for the clarification, but Drat!
Another easy field mark bites the dust. I've referenced this post to the one I thumbnailed above and am off the tail light comments.
… Ron Hemberger, 29 July, 2008 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

 
Obliging
It was a very obliging and docile fly ;) and I remembered what you said about identification and am trying to get shots of the "hindquarters" when ever possible.
… Karl Volkman, 29 July, 2008 - 1:00am login or register to post comments

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