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Fruit Fly - Procecidochares atra -

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

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

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

Not Convinced

Are you sure this belongs in that genus?

… Bruce Marlin, 30 June, 2005 - 4:01pm

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

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