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Fly with golden wings - Euthera
Copyright © 2006 Steve Scott

Fly with golden wings - Euthera
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
May 6, 2006
The contrast on this fly was startling. Unfortunately it did not appreciate my attentions and left before I could get a full set of images.
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 10 May, 2006 - 4:25pm
Last updated 26 May, 2006 - 1:36pm

Subfamily
I believe this fly is in the subfamily Dexiinae. The egg shells are transparent.
… aldrichj, 15 September, 2006 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

Euthera sp., prob. tentatrix
Euthera sp., prob. tentatrix
… Norm Woodley, 24 May, 2006 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

A special Tachinidae
Based on the strong hairs (setae) on the sides of the abdomen. I ignored some of them (and more generally calyptrate flies at all) had such modified antennae. This should facilitate identification at the genus level.
… Richard Vernier, 11 May, 2006 - 2:25am login or register to post comments

 
Euthera
This must be in the genus Euthera. Very marked wings and that erectile antenna must eliminate everything else. Only two species in the east. And E. tentatrix would be the Illinois species. What a lovely Tach.
… Herschel Raney, 11 May, 2006 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
to both of you for the help on the ID. I agree this is a lovely fly. NDSU site lists it as a parasitoid for the stink bug Podisus maculiventris.

DO we need a page to move this to?
… Steve Scott, 11 May, 2006 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

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