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unknown fly - Trypeta flaveola
Copyright © 2015 Bob Beatson

unknown fly - Trypeta flaveola
Great Smoky Mts., Natl. Park, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
October 4, 2015
Can someone ID this fly? Thanks - This guy landed on my friend's camera and begged to have its portrait taken!
Contributed by Bob Beatson on 23 October, 2015 - 6:52pm
Last updated 23 October, 2015 - 8:00pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 23 October, 2015 - 8:00pm

Trypeta flaveola…
Nice. The distribution map for this species includes eastern Tennessee. Ragwort is the only known host.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 23 October, 2015 - 7:19pm

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