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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Black Scavenger Flies (Sepsidae) » Saltella » Saltella sphondylii
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Sepsidae, Black Scavenger Fly, eye & thorax - Saltella sphondylii - male
Copyright © 2020 MJ Hatfield

Sepsidae, Black Scavenger Fly, eye & thorax - Saltella sphondylii - Male
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 19, 2019
Size: 3+ mm

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Sepsidae, Black Scavenger Fly, lateral - Saltella sphondylii - male Sepsidae, Black Scavenger Fly, eye & thorax - Saltella sphondylii - male Sepsidae, Black Scavenger Fly, dorsal - Saltella sphondylii - male
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 12 March, 2020 - 8:13pm
Last updated 13 March, 2020 - 6:30am

Spines
Most male Sepsidae have spines under the fore femur.
… John F. Carr, 13 March, 2020 - 6:08am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
I wouldn't have looked at that.
I was so far off on my guess at family, I am relieved that I did not share it. Yikes.
… MJ Hatfield, 13 March, 2020 - 6:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 13 March, 2020 - 6:07am login or register to post comments

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