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Fruit Fly - Procecidochares atra - female
Copyright © 2005 Bruce Marlin

Fruit Fly - Procecidochares atra - Female
West Chicago Prairie, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
June 15, 2005
Size: 5mm
This fly has one wing all curled up for some reason - disease? I've seen other kinds of flies with this affliction.
Anyway, very unusual abdomen configuration.

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Fruit Fly - Procecidochares atra - female Fruit Fly - Procecidochares atra - female
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Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 30 June, 2005 - 2:02pm
Last updated 18 June, 2018 - 3:19pm

Ahhhh
Thanks!
… Bruce Marlin, 5 August, 2006 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Procecidochares atra
Bruce, you are right to be not convinced. This is Procecidochares atra, the wing pattern is very characteristic with just bands and no spots, the yellow head and the shiny thorax....But it also lives in Solidago and so you will see it on its host plant frequently.
… Martin Hauser, 4 August, 2006 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

Not Convinced
Are you sure this belongs in that genus?
… Bruce Marlin, 30 June, 2005 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

Eurosta, I think
Looks like Eurosta, the genus of the Goldenrod Gall fly, E. solidaginis, though perhaps a different species. Tom Murray just saw one that looks identical to yours:



Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 30 June, 2005 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

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