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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Mydas Flies (Mydidae) » Mydinae » Mydas » Mydas maculiventris
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fly - Mydas maculiventris
Copyright © 2010 David Guzman

fly - Mydas maculiventris
Davis/ Tree Tops County Park, Florida, USA
July 29, 2010
Size: 20 to 30 mm
medium sized fly. Flied fairly slow, almost like a moth. When wings were open,I saw a very colorful abdomen. Seemed to hover at tomes. I was only able to capture this image.
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Contributed by David Guzman on 30 July, 2010 - 10:58am
Last updated 10 July, 2018 - 12:14am

Moved
Moved from Mydas.
… Even Dankowicz, 10 July, 2018 - 12:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mydinae.
… John S. Ascher, 26 September, 2014 - 7:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mydas Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 22 September, 2014 - 7:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 13 August, 2010 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

Wonder if it might be a Mydas
Check around here while you wait for an expert
… john and jane balaban, 30 July, 2010 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

 
good start, thanks
could be Phyllomydas.... images on BG show nice pattern on abdomen similar to what I saw in the field. Size also matches what I saw.
… David Guzman, 30 July, 2010 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

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