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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Tachinidae » Tachininae » Tachinini » Spiny Tachina Fly (Paradejeania) » Spiny Tachina Fly (Paradejeania rutilioides)
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Unknown Species - Paradejeania rutilioides
Copyright © 2008 Aaron Dempsey

Unknown Species - Paradejeania rutilioides
Sandia Park (Mountains), New Mexico, USA
August 16, 2008
Size: 1/2 inch long
I am trying to find out what kind of bug this is. It was found crawling around "sucking" on a chair. When approached, it just crawled up on to my finger and made for an easy photo.
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Contributed by Aaron Dempsey on 17 August, 2008 - 11:00am
Last updated 8 April, 2009 - 1:18pm

Moved
Moved from Tachininae.
… John R. Maxwell, 8 April, 2009 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

Paradejeania rutilioides
This is Paradejeania rutilioides, the only species in the United States (family Tachinidae)
… Norm Woodley, 8 April, 2009 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

Cool fly! Not an ID from m
Cool fly!
Not an ID from me but take a look at http://bugguide.net/node/view/33165/bgimage
… Ilona L., 17 August, 2008 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

 
It really is looking like Spi
It really is looking like Spiny Tachina Fly (Paradejeania) is the name of this fly. I cant find anything closer, and it is a fly that would be in this region about this time of year.
… Aaron Dempsey, 18 August, 2008 - 1:36am login or register to post comments

 
Definitely a tachinid.
Hope you get a tighter ID than that, but it's tough to do. Distinctive wings may help your cause.

Thorax and face seem very dark; is that some photographic artifact?
… Ron Hemberger, 17 August, 2008 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

 
The way it looks in the photo
The way it looks in the photo, is just about exactly how it looked in real life. Its thorax and face were black. It was the first I have seen one of these, and he was friendly enough to climb onto my finger.
… Aaron Dempsey, 18 August, 2008 - 1:35am login or register to post comments

It's a fly. Perhaps someone e
It's a fly. Perhaps someone else can get it closer than that.
… Elliotte Rusty Harold, 17 August, 2008 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

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