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Tachinid Fly - Archytas? - Tachina
Copyright © 2008 Phil Huntley-Franck

Tachinid Fly - Archytas? - Tachina
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
September 19, 2008
Size: 1/2 inch +
For a week +, this fly with a very yellow face (or others just like it) was/were patrolling a 50 x 20 foot area of mowed grass between my apple and pear trees. It was never more than a foot or so off the ground.

I'm guessing it's a tachinid fly, possibly archytas and possibly a female (because of the eye size and placement).

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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 28 January, 2009 - 10:57pm
Last updated 1 February, 2009 - 2:05pm

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae.
… Phil Huntley-Franck, 1 February, 2009 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

Tachinidae.
Most likely the genus Tachina. I had my own specimens, virtually identical to this one, identified to that genus by a pro (Jim O'Hara). The golden "collar" seems to be diagnostic, at least in your neck of the woods.
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 January, 2009 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

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