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Tachinid Fly - Gymnosoma

Tachinid Fly - Gymnosoma
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 20, 2004
This is most likely Gymnosoma fulginosa. (Compare images at Insects of Cedar Creek.) Feeding on Queen Anne's Lace, Daucus carota. Note the prominent calypter.

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