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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Heleomyzidae » Heteromyzinae » Heteromyza » Heteromyza oculata
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Unknown Fly - Heteromyza oculata - female
Copyright © 2018 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Unknown Fly - Heteromyza oculata - Female
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
December 1, 2018
I just don't see this long glossy bodied, simply veined wings, species often. Probably just not common in my backyard!

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Unknown Fly - Heteromyza oculata - female Unknown Fly - Heteromyza oculata
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 24 December, 2018 - 6:06pm
Last updated 21 December, 2022 - 12:42pm

Moved
Moved from Tephrochlamys rufiventris.
… Chris Angell, 21 December, 2022 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Heleomyzidae.
… John F. Carr, 26 December, 2018 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 25 December, 2018 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

 
Well, I have plenty of compost, and rotting things
And I can say that there is a dazzling display of tiny flies around the house. But this one is one of the better looking ones...And probably 4mm or more in length (just a guess)!

This is actually my first fly of this family that has been identified!

...looks like Tephrochlamys, female (going on abdomen shape)?
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 26 December, 2018 - 4:30am login or register to post comments

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