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Mydas Flies Mating - Phyllomydas - male - female
Copyright © 2004 Tony DiTerlizzi

Mydas Flies Mating - Phyllomydas - Male Female
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
June 25, 2004
This was shot at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park.

I have shots of 3 different species of Mydas flies from this visit to South Florida (in fact they are quite common down here). I'll havta do some research on species types...
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Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 8 July, 2004 - 5:19pm
Last updated 28 March, 2005 - 10:54pm

Phyllomydas sp.
In an email to me, B. C. Kondratieff said this is a "Phyllomydas
sp. I would need to see specimens, two species."
… Troy Bartlett, 31 January, 2005 - 9:23pm login or register to post comments

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