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Copyright © 2011 Brian Angelo Scavone

Red-Eyed Fly

Camp Creek, Sonoran Desert [east of the town of Carefree], Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
April 5, 2011
Size: ~ 1.5 cm

These flies were numerous and very active on the flowers of a riparian shrub.

Contributed by Brian Angelo Scavone on 8 April, 2011 - 2:28am
Last updated 18 October, 2012 - 1:16pm

Moved

Moved from Oestroidea.

… v belov, 18 October, 2012 - 1:16pm

Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae

Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae

… Norm Woodley, 18 October, 2012 - 1:12pm

Moved

Moved from Flies.

… Keith Bayless, 26 June, 2012 - 9:23pm

Unlinked

You had this image linked to ; they are quite different flies.

… Brad Barnd, 13 December, 2011 - 7:02pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John R. Maxwell, 16 April, 2011 - 8:20am

Not an expert ID

I might be very very wrong, but it looks to me like Musca domestica. At least, it is probably something in Musca or close to it, as we can see the scimitar shaped cell.

… Gaspard Tanguay-Labrosse, 9 April, 2011 - 12:38am

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