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Xylomya - male - female
Copyright © 2006 john and jane balaban

Xylomya - Male Female
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 9, 2006
Size: ~12 and 10 mm
Went back the following week and found them paired up.
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 12 June, 2006 - 10:36pm
Last updated 9 January, 2007 - 9:53pm

Xylomya sp.
This is definitely Xylomya
… Norm Woodley, 8 January, 2007 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

Looks right
This would be the third species in the last month or so. Jeesh. And what an outbreak you are having there.
… Herschel Raney, 12 June, 2006 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Interestingly, a couple of the other images
have been identified as Xylophagus reflectens. See and .
But ours does have the orange abdomen!
… john and jane balaban, 13 June, 2006 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
The other one
Was a Xylomya species though from Jim's downed apple tree. Yours looks different from both.
… Herschel Raney, 13 June, 2006 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

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