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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Small-headed Flies (Acroceridae) » Ogcodes » Ogcodes eugonatus
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Ogcodes eugonatus
Copyright © 2007 Dennis Haines

Ogcodes eugonatus
Tulare, Tulare County, California, USA
May 15, 1990
Size: ca. 5mm
This is the most common western species of Ogcodes. I've encountered it from the valley floor to the 7,000' elevation in the Sierra Nevadas. The pale pubescence and prominent white fasciae on the abdomen give it an overall gray appearance. This and Turbopsebius diligens are infrequently encountered on porches, where I suspect they are seeking spiders. This particular specimen blundered into a "Boll Weevil Trap" and died.
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Contributed by Dennis Haines on 8 December, 2007 - 11:05am
Last updated 10 December, 2007 - 7:42pm

hey does this have a slightly
hey does this have a slightly red form?
… William Ericson, 10 December, 2007 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Not to my knowledge. All of t
Not to my knowledge. All of the specimens I have look kind of gray. There are at least 4 species in California, but all tend to be either dark brown or black with varying amounts of white fasciae on the abdomen. You may be thinking of the genus Acrocera. In Acrocera most species have some amount of yellow or orange on the abdomen, making them look a bit like coccinellids.
… Dennis Haines, 10 December, 2007 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ogcodes.
… Brad Barnd, 8 December, 2007 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

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