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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » March Flies (Bibionidae) » Dilophus » proximus, sectus, caurinus, obesulus, or tibialis females (Dilophus proximus, sectus, caurinus, obesulus, or tibialis females)
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Fly eating pollen - Dilophus - female
Copyright © 2009 Beatriz Moisset

Fly eating pollen - Dilophus - Female
Pennypack Restoration Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 26, 2008
It seems to be feeding on pollen. Some flies do that.
Southeastern PA

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 12 March, 2009 - 3:27pm
Last updated 10 January, 2023 - 1:28pm

Moved
Moved from Dilophus.
… Even Dankowicz, 10 January, 2023 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Probably tibialis
Based on Hardy's regional key this is probably D. tibialis but females can not be confidently distinguished from some similar species.
… John F. Carr, 30 March, 2010 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I added two images. I hope that they help with ID.
… Beatriz Moisset, 31 March, 2010 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from March Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 14 March, 2009 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

Dilophus, female (PA)
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… Matthias Buck, 14 March, 2009 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

Female March fly.
Female bibionid. Nice portrait.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 March, 2009 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

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