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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Small-headed Flies (Acroceridae) » Eulonchus » Eulonchus tristis
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Metallic Fly - Eulonchus tristis
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Metallic Fly - Eulonchus tristis
Seatac, King County, Washington, USA
June 16, 2007
Size: approx 15mm
I have never seen one of these before! It was sunning itself on a leaf of Himalayan Blackberry (Rubus sp) next to a foot path in the park I was at.

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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 17 June, 2007 - 12:23am
Last updated 4 October, 2016 - 4:35pm

Moved
Moved from Eulonchus.
… Dennis Haines, 4 October, 2016 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Small-headed Flies.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 3 December, 2007 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Chen Young, 17 June, 2007 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

 
Very nice!
Its definitely a small-headed fly (Acroceridae). The genus is Eulonchus. I'm not familiar with the species, but most are metallic and quite pretty things, nectaring at flowers. They're particularly fond of Rhododendrons and Azaleas.
… Dennis Haines, 3 December, 2007 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks for the genus ID! This was my first (and, so far, only) time seeing one.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 3 December, 2007 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

Nice find and nice shot
of a small-headed fly in the family Acroceridae . - Chen
… Chen Young, 17 June, 2007 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I was thinking Sol*dier or Syr*phid, not Small-headed!
… Cheryl Moorehead, 17 June, 2007 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

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