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Opacifrons maculifrons
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Copyright © 2016
Aaron Hunt
Fly -
Opacifrons maculifrons
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
June 6, 2016
North shore of Sachem Pond at water's edge.
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Contributed by
Aaron Hunt
on 7 June, 2016 - 9:18pm
Last updated 8 June, 2016 - 9:31am
Opacifrons maculifrons (Becker), female
ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Aaron.
Apparent new state record. Not recorded in
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Brad Barnd
, 8 August, 2017 - 11:04pm
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Odd habitat
This is "a characteristic freshwater wrack species throughout its range" (Marshall and Langstaff 1998).
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John F. Carr
, 8 June, 2016 - 7:58am
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Habitat
The island has many small ponds; the biggest one by far is Sachem Pond but it's fairly saline and also not particularly close to me. I don't know how far they typically disperse from their breeding grounds but there is a small, swampy pond a bit (less than 1/2 mile) to my north. There aren't any ponds within a mile to the south and east and west are ocean. What size frashwater ponds or lakes are the typical habitat?
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Aaron Hunt
, 8 June, 2016 - 8:38am
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Size
I saw one at the edge of a large lake, large enough to have a pile of rotting debris washed up on the shore.
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John F. Carr
, 8 June, 2016 - 8:56am
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Location
I just looked back through my photos and realized that I'm pretty sure this was the fly I found to be quite numerous on the north shore of Sachem Pond right at the water's edge on sand, foam, and algae (though there wasn't much of a pile of debris). I didn't take any pictures of flies from the lights until 90 minutes later. I took pictures of collected specimens in order of the location I found them (Sachem Pond then lights then Clay Head the next morning). The source of the error is probably that this was the last Sachem Pond speciemen I photographed. I'm glad I caught my error.
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Aaron Hunt
, 8 June, 2016 - 9:22am
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John F. Carr
, 8 June, 2016 - 7:57am
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