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Genus Sarcophaga - Flesh Fly - Sarcophaga
Copyright © 2006 Bill Claff

Genus Sarcophaga - Flesh Fly - Sarcophaga
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 24, 2006
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Contributed by Bill Claff on 24 September, 2006 - 10:13pm
Last updated 26 October, 2006 - 7:15pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Bill Claff, 26 October, 2006 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

im almost positivie its a fle
im almost positive its a flesh fly. it has all the right markings to be one. the stripes also resemble the flesh fly more so than the tachinid fly.
… Travis Harrison, 26 October, 2006 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Travis
Thanks for the flesh fresh idea. :-)
… Bill Claff, 26 October, 2006 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

fly
looks like a Tachinid, but i do not know that family very well... and there are many of them out there. perhaps someone will be able to narrow it down more from your great picture.
… edward trammel, 24 September, 2006 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

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