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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Pachygastrinae » Pachygaster » Pachygaster montana
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Soldier fly - Pachygaster montana - female
Copyright © 2017 James Bailey

Soldier fly - Pachygaster montana - Female
Rancho Los Alamitos, Bixby Hill, Los Angeles County, California, USA
May 6, 2017

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Soldier fly - Pachygaster montana - female Soldier fly - Pachygaster montana - female
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Contributed by James Bailey on 6 May, 2017 - 7:01pm
Last updated 29 April, 2018 - 9:50pm

Did you crop it like this?
I remember accepting a vow never to do rectangle crops for bugguide, only squares!
… James Bailey, 6 May, 2017 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Soldier flies.
… Martin Hauser, 6 May, 2017 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for this.
That's the quickest I've ever seen one of this family get to species.
… James Bailey, 6 May, 2017 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

Adoxomyia?
… v belov, 6 May, 2017 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

 
I was edging towards this subfamily
… James Bailey, 6 May, 2017 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

 
yup, good call
… v belov, 6 May, 2017 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

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