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Tachinid Fly - Ptilodexia

Tachinid Fly - Ptilodexia
West of Benson, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 11, 2008
Size: 3/4" approx
I spotted this outside of my back door in a rural desert area about six miles west of Benson, AZ.
At first I thought it was an "ordinary" house fly type, but on closer look I know it is something different.
Is this of the Robber Fly species?

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Tachinid Fly - Ptilodexia Tachinid Fly - Ptilodexia

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae.

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.

not quite asilidae
it is a tachinid.

 
Tachinid ID
Thank you Keith.

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