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Stratiomyidae - Odontomyia cincta
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Stratiomyidae - Odontomyia cincta
Wheatley Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
June 27, 2008
Can anyone identify this stratiomyid?
Contributed by Matthew Ireland on 19 December, 2008 - 10:43am
Last updated 23 December, 2008 - 2:49pm

Check out Odontomyia
I believe that's right, but it's more of a guess than an ID, and I'm certainly not an expert. When you're checking these out, look at the thorax first. (One other genus has a hairy thorax, another has a patterned thorax.) Next would be abdomen markings. Good hunting!

This may be it. If nothing else, it's a fun post to look at.
… Ron Hemberger, 19 December, 2008 - 5:55pm

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