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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Tachinini » Archytas
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Tachinini - Archytas
Copyright © 2019 Robert A. Behrstock

Tachinini - Archytas
Hereford, W of Hwy. 92, lower Ash Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
September 13, 2019
On Arizona milkweed, butterfly garden, oak-grassland interface, SE Huachuca Mts. c. 5,020' elev.

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Contributed by Robert A. Behrstock on 14 September, 2019 - 4:14pm
Last updated 13 December, 2019 - 4:23pm

Moved
Moved from Tachinini.
… John F. Carr, 13 December, 2019 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

Archytas sp.
Archytas sp....can't go further from a photo
… Norm Woodley, 13 December, 2019 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

This is the photo that seemed most similar when I was fishing...
https://bugguide.net/node/view/471556
… Robert A. Behrstock, 14 September, 2019 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Facial bristles
Species of Peleteria have two strong bristles on the lower face. Your fly does not. The black stripe inside red is similar but the pattern occurs in several genera of Tachinini.
… John F. Carr, 14 September, 2019 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

Thanks John,
I changed the subject line so the photos come up correctly in a search.
… Robert A. Behrstock, 14 September, 2019 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Parasitic Flies.
… Robert A. Behrstock, 14 September, 2019 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

Not Peleteria
Tribe Tachinini. Might be Archytas.
… John F. Carr, 14 September, 2019 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

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