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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Small-headed Flies (Acroceridae) » Pterodontia » Pterodontia flavipes
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Backyard Bug - Pterodontia flavipes
Copyright © 2018 StefTab

Backyard Bug - Pterodontia flavipes
CHADRON, Dawes County, Nebraska, USA
August 1, 2018
Size: small
Found this little guy on my screen door when I got off of work one evening. He stayed on my screen door all night and left sometime late the next morning. I snapped some photos of it thinking I would be able to do a quick Google search to find out what it was. Nope.If someone could help me identify this bug I'd appreciate it.I'm going crazy over here.
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Contributed by StefTab on 31 August, 2018 - 9:10pm
Last updated 7 November, 2019 - 1:58pm

Moved
Moved from Small-headed Flies.

Note the reddish scutellum here rules out P. vix, P. westwoodi, and P. misella...which all have scutellum black. Also, P. notomaculata has the anterior corners of the thorax reddish, while P. johnsoni is entirely black.
… Aaron Schusteff, 7 November, 2019 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Even Dankowicz, 12 September, 2018 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

Small-headed Fly?
Maybe something like this...?

… Yurika Alexander, 31 August, 2018 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, looks just like him! Tha
Yes, looks just like him! Thank you!
… StefTab, 31 August, 2018 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

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