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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Polleniidae » Cluster flies (Pollenia)
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Fly - Pollenia
Copyright © 2009 Phil Huntley-Franck

Fly - Pollenia
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
August 28, 2008
Size: 1/4 inch or less
Don't really know where to begin with this fly. The abdominal pattern, the pollen on its back and that it seemed to be sipping blackberries made me think possibly a syrphid, but the hairiness makes me think otherwise. Any assistance to ID would be appreciated.

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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 28 January, 2009 - 9:55pm
Last updated 15 May, 2009 - 9:13am

Moved
Moved from Blow Flies.
… v belov, 15 May, 2009 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Phil Huntley-Franck, 1 February, 2009 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

Calliphoridae.
Looks like it is probably a species of Pollenia.
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 January, 2009 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

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