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Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans)
Photo#105958
Copyright © 2007
Graham Montgomery
Tachinid? -
Stomoxys calcitrans
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
April 28, 2007
Size: ~1 cm
Contributed by
Graham Montgomery
on 28 April, 2007 - 3:53pm
Last updated 30 November, 2007 - 7:01pm
With those mouthparts...
...it looks like a stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans.
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Domingo Zungri
, 28 April, 2007 - 7:37pm
Thanks
for the ID, Joe and Domingo.
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Graham Montgomery
, 30 April, 2007 - 4:58pm
I'd lean more towards Muscida
I'd lean more towards Muscidae... but I'm only about 60% on that ID
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Joe, Entomologist (in training)
, 28 April, 2007 - 4:14pm