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Signal Fly - Senopterina varia
Copyright © 2011 Roy Cohutta Brown

Signal Fly - Senopterina varia
Chehaw Park, Lee County, Georgia, USA
June 11, 2011
These 4 images may be of different individuals. All individuals appeared to be IDENTICAL species. All individuals were on the same pile of scat. The scat seemed to contain a little bit of everything, including berries and insect parts. Habitat was a mixed pine / hardwood forest near the Muckalee Creek, Lee County, Southwest Georgia.

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Contributed by Roy Cohutta Brown on 20 July, 2011 - 11:20am
Last updated 1 January, 2016 - 7:13pm

Moved
Moved from Senopterina.
… John F. Carr, 1 January, 2016 - 7:13pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 12 February, 2012 - 5:04pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 22 July, 2011 - 7:52pm

Escellent photos.
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… stan gilliam, 20 July, 2011 - 6:15pm

Tephritoidea
This looks like a member of Tephritoidea, possibly Senopterina.

… John F. Carr, 20 July, 2011 - 1:15pm

 
Thanks
John:I was certainly looking (for many hours) in all the wrong places. The colors, general form, and relative lack of hairs/bristles (especially on legs) seem to match. I saw nothing as close to this in all the places I looked. I appreciate your time very much. This Senopterina image also looks very similar:
… Roy Cohutta Brown, 20 July, 2011 - 1:47pm

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