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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Picture-winged Flies (Ulidiidae) » Otitinae » Cephaliini » Tritoxa » Black Onion Fly (Tritoxa flexa)
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Is there such a thing as a Pig Fly? - Tritoxa flexa
Copyright © 2008 Wisconsin Oecanthinancy

Is there such a thing as a Pig Fly? - Tritoxa flexa
Chiwaukee Prairie in Pleasant Prairie, WI, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA
September 28, 2008
Size: 5-10mm
Found about 1 foot above ground on tall grass. Is the pig snout shape of the face an optical illusion? Is the curled tip of the abdomen an ovipositor?

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Is there such a thing as a Pig Fly? - Tritoxa flexa Is there such a thing as a Pig Fly? - Tritoxa flexa Is there such a thing as a Pig Fly? - Tritoxa flexa
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Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 28 September, 2008 - 6:45pm
Last updated 23 July, 2009 - 4:33pm

Moved
Moved from Black Onion Fly.
… John F. Carr, 23 July, 2009 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
Tritoxa flexa (Black Onion Fly)
… John R. Maxwell, 28 September, 2008 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John....that was a quick ID
Do you happen to know if that is the ovipositor in the other view that is curled up?
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 28 September, 2008 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry
I don't know that much. I'm waiting to see, too.
… John R. Maxwell, 28 September, 2008 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

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