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fly - Stratiomys - male
Copyright © 2006 edward trammel

fly - Stratiomys - Male
fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
August 10, 2006
Size: ~15mm

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Contributed by edward trammel on 13 August, 2006 - 7:45pm
Last updated 26 October, 2007 - 2:49pm

Soldier fly
It's a soldier fly, family Stratiomyidae.
Probably even in the genus Stratiomys!
Greetings, Gerard
… Gerard Pennards, 14 August, 2006 - 6:27am login or register to post comments

 
Stratiomys
wonderful, i love those eyes. looks like mystery solved, thank you Gerard... i will move it to genus.
… edward trammel, 14 August, 2006 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

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