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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Flesh Flies (Sarcophagidae) » Satellite Flies (Miltogramminae) » Metopia » Metopia argyrocephala
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Metal Faced Fly! - Metopia argyrocephala - male
Copyright © 2015 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Metal Faced Fly! - Metopia argyrocephala - Male
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
July 8, 2015
I don't know where in diptera this one belongs!
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 11 July, 2015 - 5:44pm
Last updated 22 July, 2017 - 4:33pm

Moved
Moved from Satellite Flies.
… John F. Carr, 22 July, 2017 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… v belov, 11 July, 2015 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah, so!
I've seen Satellite flies before following Bembix Wasps returning with their provisions for their nests, but they did not look as distinguished as this one. After leaving and returning I saw the fly in the sand appearing to be dead. At the time I thought, "You asked for it!"
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 11 July, 2015 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

Satellite Fly…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 11 July, 2015 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

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