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Photo#233877
Copyright © 2008
Sam Houston
Tachinid Fly -
Winthemia
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
October 14, 2008
Size: 6mm (1/4")
What's with the hairy eyes (you can see it better in the second pic)
Please help with ID.
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Contributed by
Sam Houston
on 15 October, 2008 - 5:26pm
Last updated 16 April, 2009 - 3:34pm
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v belov
, 16 April, 2009 - 3:34pm
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looks like Winthemia
see
Moved from
Tachinidae
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v belov
, 13 April, 2009 - 5:09pm
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Moved
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Joel Kits
, 7 November, 2008 - 8:04pm
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Tachinidae
This is in the family Tachinidae
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Norm Woodley
, 5 November, 2008 - 2:22pm
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Hairy eyes on flies apparently aren't unusual.
Many syrphids have them, some with much more hair than yours. Nice shots, BTW.
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Ron Hemberger
, 15 October, 2008 - 5:39pm
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But why,
Is it to help keep dirt out of their eyes....sort of like our eyelashes?
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Sam Houston
, 15 October, 2008 - 5:42pm
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Sorry, I know the that, but not the why.
Maybe an expert will weigh in on this one.
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Ron Hemberger
, 15 October, 2008 - 10:46pm
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