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unknown fly - Coenomyia ferruginea
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unknown fly - Coenomyia ferruginea
Twin Falls State Park, West Virginia, USA
May 23, 2009
Size: approximately 1 inch long
Very slow-moving, tame, large fly.

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Contributed by AmyTaracido on 26 May, 2009 - 10:35pm
Last updated 27 May, 2009 - 12:18am

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Thanks to whomever ID'd the fly for me; after going through 640 pages of flies here I gave up looking. I guess this is a nice find?? Any common name for it in the U.S.?
… AmyTaracido, 27 May, 2009 - 8:19am

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