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Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) or Wohlfahrtia? - Coenosia
Copyright © 2008 Scott Cox

Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) or Wohlfahrtia? - Coenosia
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
August 27, 2008

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Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) or Wohlfahrtia? - Coenosia Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) or Wohlfahrtia? - Coenosia
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Contributed by Scott Cox on 27 August, 2008 - 8:09pm
Last updated 10 April, 2009 - 2:18am

Moved
Moved from House Flies and kin.
… v belov, 10 April, 2009 - 2:18am login or register to post comments

Wohlfahrtia it is.
Compare:


Stable fly, I just discovered, has special mouth parts:

(Note: Photo is upside down.)
… Ron Hemberger, 27 August, 2008 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Neither.
This is not even a sarcophagid, probably an anthomyiid or something more closely related to it. Wohlfahrtia are much larger, robust flies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 August, 2008 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Eric, is the wohlfahrtia example I thumbnailed above wrong?
It was IDed by Chen Young, but does look different that other posts. (Mine included.)
… Ron Hemberger, 27 August, 2008 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
A very fine photo of perhaps Coenosia (Muscidae).
… Andy Calderwood, 27 August, 2008 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks . . .
Andy:
Thanks for the ID help on getting this fly to Coenosia. I still have a lot to learn with regards to fly identification!
Best wishes,
Scott
… Scott Cox, 29 August, 2008 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

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