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fly 3 - Coenosia tigrina - female
Copyright © 2009 Chris Mallory

fly 3 - Coenosia tigrina - Female

Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
March 5, 2009
Not a great image, but I'm just trying to get atleast a family level ID for most of my unID'd flies. Frassable afterwards.
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Contributed by Chris Mallory on 10 April, 2009 - 5:00pm
Last updated 4 August, 2012 - 9:17pm

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Moved
Moved from Root-Maggot Flies.
… John F. Carr, 4 August, 2012 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Muscoidea.
… v belov, 17 April, 2009 - 12:27am login or register to post comments

 
Why not Coenosia
Why not Coenosia tigrina?
… John F. Carr, 13 September, 2011 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
family
I guess I wasn't paying close enough attention to my email notifications, but it looks like you've managed to get this one to family level after all. Thanks =v=! :)
… Chris Mallory, 23 April, 2009 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Calyptratae.
… v belov, 14 April, 2009 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

sorry Chris---
as i've found out the hard way, these guys, so distinct-looking, hardly ever get past Muscoidea (options usually being Muscidae v Anthophoridae)
so be prepared to never see your 'at least' target reached :-/
… v belov, 10 April, 2009 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

 
re:
Heh, thanks for letting me know =v=. Flies are such a deceptive group, I guess I can live with the fact that I won't be able to ID all of them to my target taxon. But I won't stop shooting them!
… Chris Mallory, 11 April, 2009 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

 
that's the spirit!
keep streaming
… v belov, 14 April, 2009 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

 
off the record, Chris...
i wonder if this thing may turn out such a mundane pest as Delia antiqua...
… v belov, 17 April, 2009 - 12:47am login or register to post comments

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