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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Small-headed Flies (Acroceridae) » Ogcodes » Ogcodes dispar
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Small Headed Fly - Ogcodes dispar - male
Copyright © 2009 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Small Headed Fly - Ogcodes dispar - Male
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 1, 2009
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 3 July, 2009 - 11:52pm
Last updated 19 July, 2009 - 6:47pm

Moved
Moved from Small-headed Flies.
… v belov, 19 July, 2009 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

i found one of these but i di
i found one of these but i didnt get a good shot of it. (but i did get its pupa which looks like a tiny coccon..take a peek on the page at how cute it is.) This is an Acrocerid Fly
… Edna Woodward, 4 July, 2009 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

 
The Pupa is cute ^__^ I k
The Pupa is cute ^__^

I knew it was small-headed fly-not sure if it's the same species I had found before though.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 4 July, 2009 - 12:49am login or register to post comments

 
A male Ogcodes dispar (Macquart)
A male Ogcodes dispar (Macquart, 1855). It is the only North American species that I'm aware of that is all yellow-orange. The pale color is also indicative of the male. It has been recorded from both the western and eastern USA.
… Dennis Haines, 19 July, 2009 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

check Acroceridae
NOT an ID
… v belov, 3 July, 2009 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

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