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Ostracophyto flavicaudalis
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Aaron Hunt
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Ostracophyto flavicaudalis
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
May 28, 2016
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Contributed by
Aaron Hunt
on 28 May, 2016 - 11:51am
Last updated 5 June, 2017 - 7:05pm
Ostracophyto flavicaudalis O'Hara, male
Moved from
Tachinidae
. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Aaron!
Probably state record (only known from MI, NC, NH in description). Easy to confuse this with Lydina, but the oranges tergite 6+7+genitalia are a good clue.
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Brad Barnd
, 5 June, 2017 - 7:05pm
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Moved
Moved from
Flies
. I currently don't have any editing program that can ajust color that way but I'll adjust the exposure, which I agree wasn't ideal.
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Aaron Hunt
, 28 May, 2016 - 1:30pm
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White balance
You probably have a button that lets you click on a spot you want to be white.
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John F. Carr
, 28 May, 2016 - 1:37pm
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Unfortunately I don't
I have the native iPhone program. I'll look into it.
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Aaron Hunt
, 28 May, 2016 - 1:59pm
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Exposure
Can you adjust exposure or reshoot with better exposure? (And color if the background is supposed to be white.)
Tachinidae, maybe Exoristini or Polideini.
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John F. Carr
, 28 May, 2016 - 1:27pm
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