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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Myopinae » Myopa
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Unidentified fly. - Myopa
Copyright © 2009 Stephen Gingold

Unidentified fly. - Myopa
Shutesbury, Hampshire County, Western Massachusetts County, Massachusetts, USA
May 18, 2009
Size: @3/8"
It was a very breezy day and this was the best shot I could get. Sorry for the hidden parts.

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Contributed by Stephen Gingold on 7 June, 2009 - 6:23am
Last updated 7 June, 2009 - 8:15am

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… v belov, 7 June, 2009 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Thank you for placing this where it belongs, V.

I appreciate the direction toward a better ID.
… Stephen Gingold, 7 June, 2009 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Archytas.
… Stephen Gingold, 7 June, 2009 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

 
Myopa
just like this one:
… v belov, 7 June, 2009 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

 
Another thanks. :-)
Great example shot. Thank you for the help.
… Stephen Gingold, 7 June, 2009 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

 
you're very welcome
please keep taking and posting pictures, but wherever you have any doubts about specimen identity, do not place pix beyond the level you feel 100% comfortable with -- or just under 'ID Request'
… v belov, 7 June, 2009 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

how was this ID obtained?
not a tachinid, not even a calyptrate
… v belov, 7 June, 2009 - 7:27am login or register to post comments

 
Not an ID, but a question. :-)
I am not good at field identification at all. Just a guess on my part. I should have just posted it in flies.. I'll move it.
… Stephen Gingold, 7 June, 2009 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

 
*
please keep in mind that others rely on BG pix for identification of their specimens. such frivolous moves, if unnoticed, may perpetuate grave errors
… v belov, 7 June, 2009 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

 
I'm sorry.
I'm not sure I was being frivolous by asking a question, but I will be more careful about how I ask for help identifying in the future. I appreciate Bugguide for the great resource it is and wouldn't want to create problems for others.
… Stephen Gingold, 7 June, 2009 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

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