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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Small-headed Flies (Acroceridae) » Eulonchus » Eulonchus tristis
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Bombyliid fly? - Eulonchus tristis - male - female
Copyright © 2014 August Jackson

Bombyliid fly? - Eulonchus tristis - Male Female
Mt. Hood, Hood River County, Oregon, USA
July 5, 2014
I feel fairly confident these are Bombyliid flies but I can't find a good resource on the family. The female is nectaring on Clintonia uniflora here. Tongues are nearly the length of their bodies.
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Contributed by August Jackson on 11 July, 2014 - 1:41pm
Last updated 30 September, 2016 - 11:00am

Moved
Moved from Eulonchus.
… Dennis Haines, 30 September, 2016 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Small-headed Flies.
… Aaron Schusteff, 24 July, 2014 - 1:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 11 July, 2014 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

Small-headed Flies
These are Acrocerids (Small-headed Flies), my guess would be Eulonchus sp.
… Alice Abela, 11 July, 2014 - 1:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Well, I was a bit off. Thank
Well, I was a bit off. Thank you! I'd only seen photos of the
Acroceridae, and the small-headedness seemed often a little more extreme. Very much appreciated.
… August Jackson, 11 July, 2014 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

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