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Fly - Rachicerus
Copyright © 2011 Nancy Kent

Fly - Rachicerus
Radford, Virginia, USA
June 16, 2011
Is this a wasp? Is it a fly? If so, what kind, please? If not, what is it? Obviously I'm not quite processing my science lessons!
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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 17 June, 2011 - 10:16am
Last updated 24 June, 2011 - 4:55pm

Female obscuripennis?
I think this is the female of Rachicerus obscuripennis; the male antenna is more ornamented and that of the other black species (R. nitidus) unornamented.
… John F. Carr, 31 July, 2011 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
John, I appreciate the ID and the explanation.
… Nancy Kent, 31 July, 2011 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 24 June, 2011 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

I'll bet JC's right. Let's see if the experts agree.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 June, 2011 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

I'm seeing halteres, so it's a fly.
Exactly what kind of fly, I'm not sure (those antennae are odd). I'll do some looking around--and others may recognize it in the meantime.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 June, 2011 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
I'm glad to read that the antennae seem odd to expert you, too, and not just to novice me.
… Nancy Kent, 17 June, 2011 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

 
Maybe a Xylophagid of some so
Maybe a Xylophagid of some sort. Some of them have antennae similar to this.
… JC Jones, 17 June, 2011 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
for your input, JC. Those do look similar.
… Nancy Kent, 17 June, 2011 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

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