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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Marsh Flies, Snail-killing Flies (Sciomyzidae) » Tetanocerini » Trypetoptera » Trypetoptera canadensis
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fly - Trypetoptera canadensis
Copyright © 2009 Molly Jacobson

fly - Trypetoptera canadensis
Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
September 3, 2009

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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 6 September, 2009 - 11:35am
Last updated 20 November, 2009 - 5:50pm

fly - Trypetoptera canadensis
I agree with family Sciomyzidae, Trypetoptera canadensis (Macquart).
… Bill Murphy (William L.), 28 December, 2010 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Marsh Flies. Agree with previous comment -- it has the features that are supposed to be distinctive.
… John F. Carr, 20 November, 2009 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

do you think
it could be Trypetoptera canadensis?
… Molly Jacobson, 20 November, 2009 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

Very nice pictures
Was it near a marsh? Probably.
… Beatriz Moisset, 27 October, 2009 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
actually
it landed on my mom's tomato plant. I don't live anywhere near a marsh.
… Molly Jacobson, 27 October, 2009 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

 
They eat snails
Many members of this family eat snails and relatives.
… John F. Carr, 27 October, 2009 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 6 September, 2009 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

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