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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Flesh Flies (Sarcophagidae) » Sarcophaginae
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Calyptrate 3
Copyright © 2015 Aaron Hunt

Calyptrate 3
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
September 6, 2015
On goldenrod blooms

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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 7 September, 2015 - 3:04pm
Last updated 20 January, 2017 - 7:42pm

Moved
Moved from Flesh Flies.
… John F. Carr, 20 January, 2017 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 7 September, 2015 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

Sarcophagidae
Looks like a male Sarcophagidae. Practically the only way to ID species is to pull out the male genitalia. With the fly soft (use water or ethyl acetate if it's not fresh) you can often pry open the genital capsule with a tiny insect pin.
… John F. Carr, 7 September, 2015 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the advice!
Too bad that's the case, since I thought this one had the best change of an ID given the pictures I got.
… Aaron Hunt, 8 September, 2015 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

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