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Fly?  - Trichobaris

Fly? - Trichobaris
Dewey , Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
March 29, 2015
Gray with small geometry shapes gray & black colors. Above the wings it has a big triangle like shape & two small round shapes (perhaps de eyes? The head is long with two antennas/eyes??

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Fly?  - Trichobaris Fly?  - Trichobaris

Beetle or bug? Simple guidlines...
On a adult bug, the wings form an X on its back
On a beetle, it's a straight line.

Fly or beetle?
Beetle has a hard shell concealing the wings.
Fly is the only insect with two wings, instead of four.

Moth or butterfly?
Butterfly antennae have clubbed ends.
Moth antennae are either plain or fancier.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

It's a beetle
Family Curculionoidea, similar to this one perhaps-


 
Thanks John
Thanks John

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