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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae)
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Gray Fly, immature and what is the activity? - male - female
Copyright © 2009 Jim

Gray Fly, immature and what is the activity? - Male Female
Downey, Los Angeles County, California, USA
October 15, 2009
Size: 1 cm
I believe this is a gray fly, but I am most curious about the one hanging on, what is this sort of activity?
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Contributed by Jim on 20 October, 2009 - 12:12pm
Last updated 10 May, 2014 - 1:47pm

Moved
Moved from Muscoidea.
… John F. Carr, 10 May, 2014 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Joel Kits, 16 January, 2010 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

Probably
Anthomyiidae
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 25 December, 2009 - 4:25am login or register to post comments

 
Coenosiinae?
How about Coenosiinae?
… John F. Carr, 29 November, 2012 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Not sure if these are identifiable beyond "calyptrate fly."
… John F. Carr, 3 November, 2009 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

Mature and mating!
The male is the one at the back.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 October, 2009 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
and what stamina ;-)

these two were connected for over an hour
… Jim, 20 October, 2009 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

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