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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Mydas Flies (Mydidae) » Mydinae » Mydas » Mydas clavatus
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Mydas Fly - Mydas clavatus - male
Copyright © 2011 James Shelton

Mydas Fly - Mydas clavatus - Male
Green Vale Creek Boat Dock, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
July 17, 2011
Sitting in the Parking Lot in the Morning.
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Contributed by James Shelton on 20 October, 2011 - 10:38pm
Last updated 6 February, 2017 - 10:17am

Moved
Moved from Mydinae.
… John S. Ascher, 6 February, 2017 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mydas Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 22 September, 2014 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Penthetria heteroptera.

I'm with Yurika. Antennae say Mydas Fly.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 October, 2011 - 5:19am login or register to post comments

 
Mydas clavatus
Do you think Mydas clavatus?
… James Shelton, 21 October, 2011 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

 
It's certainly possible...
...but I wouldn't attempt a species-level ID from this shot (especially since I don't know how many mydas flies are found in your area). With luck, a specialist will be able to tell you.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 October, 2011 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

Or maybe...
Mydas Fly?

… Yurika Alexander, 20 October, 2011 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like a Mydas Fly.
Looks like a Mydas Fly Species, the Species the with the common name.
… James Shelton, 21 October, 2011 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
The Eyes did look a little wide.
… James Shelton, 21 October, 2011 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

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