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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Stratiomyinae » Stratiomyini » Odontomyia » Odontomyia profuscata
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Soldier Fly - Odontomyia profuscata - female
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Bergen

Soldier Fly - Odontomyia profuscata - Female
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
May 30, 2009
Maybe something in Xylophagidae?

EDIT: I believe I have placed this fly correctly based on the other Bugguide image and description.
Please correct me if wrong.

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Soldier Fly - Odontomyia profuscata - female Soldier Fly - Odontomyia profuscata - female
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Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 4 June, 2009 - 1:43am
Last updated 30 April, 2023 - 10:14pm

Antennae look different than Xylophagidae.
I'm thinking soldier fly here. (The first one I shot also played dead. A possum fly? LOL!)
… Ron Hemberger, 4 June, 2009 - 3:08am login or register to post comments

 
Soldier Fly
Brilliant in the middle of the night Ron.
Thank you!!!

Every time I look at it flopped out I have to Laugh Out Loud.
… Lynn Bergen, 4 June, 2009 - 3:24am login or register to post comments

 
Oh, it's so relaxing
ZZZZZZZ...
… Ron Hemberger, 4 June, 2009 - 3:34am login or register to post comments

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