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Tritoxa incurva
Photo#787
Copyright © 2003
Troy Bartlett
Fly -
Tritoxa incurva
Chattahoochee Nat'l Rec Area, Abbots Bridge, Georgia, USA
August 20, 2003
Contributed by
Troy Bartlett
on 16 February, 2004 - 12:38pm
Last updated 21 July, 2006 - 5:09pm
Possibly T. incurva
I think it
likely
the brownish species seen here is T. incurva. T. flexa and T. incurva are apparently the widespread and common eastern species. T. flexa is very dark. This suggests the brownish species is something else, thus likely T. incurva. See guide page for genus
Tritoxa
for references.
Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
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Cotinis
, 13 September, 2004 - 11:06am
Vulture-like mouthparts?
I love those mouthparts, look like the hooked beak of a vulture.
We should be able to get species on these--with only five in the genus. (Perhaps with a quick trip to a museum.) Looks like 3/4 photos so far are likely of the same species, brownish, as opposed to the one much darker species, which might be T. flexa, I'm speculating.
Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
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Cotinis
, 12 September, 2004 - 9:36pm