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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae) » Muscinae » Muscini » Musca » Face Fly (Musca autumnalis)
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Sarcophagid ID request - Musca autumnalis
Copyright © 2021 John Lampkin

Sarcophagid ID request - Musca autumnalis
Terra Ceia Preserve State Park, Manatee County, Florida, USA
May 12, 2021
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Found near raccoon carcass.
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Contributed by John Lampkin on 14 May, 2021 - 5:18am
Last updated 15 May, 2021 - 6:48pm

Moved
Moved from House Flies and kin.

Thank you John Carr and Bill Dean for sorting this out.
… John Lampkin, 15 May, 2021 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flesh Flies.
… John F. Carr, 14 May, 2021 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

House fly?
Could be a house fly.
… John F. Carr, 14 May, 2021 - 6:05am login or register to post comments

 
Could there be two different
Could there be two different specimens here?
… Bill Dean, 14 May, 2021 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe
I don't see any reason to doubt they are the same, but I can't rule out their being different.
… John F. Carr, 14 May, 2021 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

 
The one on the left looks lik
The one on the left looks like a male Musca autumnalis, the one on the right looks like a female Musca autumnalis. Certainly not Sarcophagidae which usually has 4 notopleural bristles.
… Bill Dean, 14 May, 2021 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe
Could be male and female. I've moved to the correct family.
… John F. Carr, 14 May, 2021 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

 
John Lampkin has separated th
John Lampkin has separated the two specimens as they were photographed almost two minutes apart and likely two different specimens.
… Bill Dean, 14 May, 2021 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Also Sarcophagidae has the ar
Also Sarcophagidae has the arista plumose on basal half only but plumose throughout its length here.
… Bill Dean, 14 May, 2021 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

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