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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Hippoboscoidea » Louse Flies (Hippoboscidae) » Ornithomyinae » Icosta
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Odd fly - Icosta
Copyright © 2009 Vespula Vulgaris

Odd fly - Icosta
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 31, 2009
Size: 6 mm
In my house. Never saw anything like it before

Looks like it has biting mouth parts?

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Contributed by Vespula Vulgaris on 31 July, 2009 - 11:54am
Last updated 13 September, 2014 - 6:18pm

Moved
Moved from Louse Flies. as keyed out in Manual of Nearctic diptera volume 2 (1)
… Keith Bayless, 9 September, 2009 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 1 August, 2009 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

These creep me out!
Did it land on you? I've had several do that. Feels and looks a bit like a tick on speed. (Don't ask!)
… Ron Hemberger, 1 August, 2009 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, actually
I was by the window tending to my wasps when I felt something on my arm. It sat there for a split second and then took off again.

Luckily for me my wasps were hungry at the time and it got dismembered in a flash... : D
… Vespula Vulgaris, 1 August, 2009 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

a blood sucker indeed: look in Hippoboscidae
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… v belov, 31 July, 2009 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Looks like a match
… Vespula Vulgaris, 1 August, 2009 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

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