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red Tachinid Fly - Adejeania vexatrix

red Tachinid Fly - Adejeania vexatrix
west of Alamosa, Conoje County, Colorado, USA
July 14, 2005
These were on the large side for tachinids, and all over the flowers in this one spot.

Adejeania vexatrix.
One of the few tachinid flies that is readily identifiable by the large size and prominent proboscis.

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