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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Nemotelinae » Nemotelus » subgenus Nemotelus (Nemotelus subgenus Nemotelus) » Nemotelus kansensis
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Unknown Fly - Nemotelus kansensis - male
Copyright © 2009 MoeAtIowaVoice

Unknown Fly - Nemotelus kansensis - Male
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
June 19, 2009
Size: few mm
At first I thought this was a true fly with white wings and a black lateral stripe at the base of the white wings. Now it appears there are two translucent wings and the white is either another set of large wings or the abdomen. Lateral black stripe at the base of the white. Long proboscis.
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Contributed by MoeAtIowaVoice on 4 July, 2009 - 3:32pm
Last updated 4 July, 2009 - 4:58pm

Stratiomyidae: Nemotelus kansensis
Stratiomyidae: Nemotelus kansensis
… Norm Woodley, 21 July, 2009 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

These are fascinating.
Eager to see the ID.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 4 July, 2009 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Soldier flies -- males Nemotelus kansensis, i believe
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… v belov, 4 July, 2009 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Are these adults or immatures?
I noticed some of the photos for this species have dark patterns on the abdomen, and some are all white as in this photo.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 4 July, 2009 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

 
whites are male
there's no such thing as "immature flies": their young are maggots [=fly larvae]
… v belov, 4 July, 2009 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you! I noticed one of t
Thank you!
… MoeAtIowaVoice, 4 July, 2009 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

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