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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Stylogastrinae » Stylogaster » Stylogaster neglecta
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Diptera - Stylogaster neglecta - female
Copyright © 2009 MJ Hatfield

Diptera - Stylogaster neglecta - Female
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
July 22, 2007
Size: 6 mm

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 6 April, 2009 - 8:58pm
Last updated 29 October, 2012 - 6:04pm

Thank you much,
not only for the identification but also for explaining.
Yes, this is the same individual.
… MJ Hatfield, 29 October, 2012 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Happy to study, learn, and share
And thank you too for posting these nice photos. They really show the large "banana-like" 3rd antennal segment and long ovipositor well!

BTW, I too am an avid member of the native plant society in my state (CA)...and got interested in bugs through that avenue as well :-)
… Aaron Schusteff, 29 October, 2012 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

Is this the same specimen as the 1st photo in this series?
If so, it's not a male (as presently indicated)...the 1st photo shows the conspicuous ovipositor of a female. If it's a different specimen it should be "unlinked" from the first image (to follow standard BugGuide posting protocols).
… Aaron Schusteff, 28 October, 2012 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

 
It looks like
I may never have answered your question.
Yes, they are the same individual.
… MJ Hatfield, 18 December, 2022 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

 
You did answer, back in your 10/29/12 comment
...and "male" was corrected to "female" at that time. All's good ;-)
… Aaron Schusteff, 18 December, 2022 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Stylogaster.
… Aaron Schusteff, 28 October, 2012 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

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