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Calliphoridae or Sarcophagidae?
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Calliphoridae or Sarcophagidae?
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
November 1, 2005
Size: 1 cm
Venetion points away from muscids toward Calliphoridae or Sarcophagidae. I would lean toward the latter but it lacks the "red butt" sign. Pointers?

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Calliphoridae or Sarcophagidae? Tachinid fly
Contributed by Steve Scott on 3 November, 2005 - 5:07pm
Last updated 29 May, 2006 - 6:10am

Tachinidae: probably Ptilode
Tachinidae: probably Ptilodexia sp.
… Norm Woodley, 24 May, 2006 - 2:04pm

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