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Fly and USO (unidentified spider object)
Copyright © 2009 Carol Davis

Fly and USO (unidentified spider object)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
June 10, 2009
I had already checkout out this dead spider conglomeration on my car when a fly arrived and very cautiously ogled the remains. Is this a tachnid fly? If that spider had any ID he's probably not carrying it now. Those eyes staring from that compact bundle are rather creepy.
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Contributed by Carol Davis on 17 June, 2009 - 6:01pm
Last updated 26 June, 2009 - 1:31am

Moved
Moved from Lauxaniidae. It has a broken costa at Sc and a complete transverse dorsal suture on the thorax so it can't be a lauxaniid.
… Keith Bayless, 26 June, 2009 - 1:31am login or register to post comments

Not a tachinid
The wing veination is more like that of a Lauxaniid fly.
… Karl Hillig, 18 June, 2009 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

 
Very nice.
Thanks, Karl. I appreciate your time. I'll have to do a little research on the Lauxaniid.
… Carol Davis, 18 June, 2009 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

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