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Flesh Fly
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Flesh Fly
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 19, 2005
Size: 8mm
It has a hairy abdomen like a tachinid, but it didn't act like one. It kept landing on the dirt path,where it blended in well, never on vegetation.
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 August, 2005 - 1:22am
Last updated 1 October, 2006 - 6:54pm

Moved
Moved from Miltogrammatinae, which is an alternate spelling of Miltogramminae.
… Robin McLeod, 30 September, 2006 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

Sarcophagidae: Miltogrammatin
Sarcophagidae: Miltogrammatinae
… Norm Woodley, 24 May, 2006 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

Tachinidae
A monster group, with many behaviors/biologies/forms. Why Tachinidae? It is a calypterate muscoid, and it isn't one of the New England Calliphorids, Sarcophagids, Muscids, Anthomyiids, or Scathophagids. So, though I don't recognize it specifically, it has to be a tachinid. The few though large bristles at the abdominal apex are strongly indicative also.
Fly workshop at Augusta went quite well, motivating me to look at flies pictues while winding down. Thanks for the use of your photos.
… Donald S. Chandler, 14 January, 2006 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Tachinid
Thanks for narrowing it down to a Tachinid.
Glad to hear the workshop went well.
… tom murray, 14 January, 2006 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

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