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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae)
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Diptera
Copyright © 2018 Marci Hess

Diptera
Argyle township, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
June 24, 2017
Size: 4mm
Collected with solar panel black light

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Contributed by Marci Hess on 22 January, 2018 - 5:44pm
Last updated 25 December, 2018 - 5:42pm

Moved
Moved from Muscoidea.
… John F. Carr, 25 December, 2018 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Calyptratae.
… John F. Carr, 27 October, 2018 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 7 March, 2018 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

Muscidae?
Muscidae?
… John F. Carr, 22 January, 2018 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Diptera families...
I try to figure out the family but am usually wrong so have begun posting under the order. Are specimens collected en masse such as these sufficient for mounting and ID'g?
… Marci Hess, 23 January, 2018 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

 
Should be identifiable
Should be identifiable from a mounted specimen. The bristles appear mostly intact.
… John F. Carr, 3 February, 2018 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

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