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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Flesh Flies (Sarcophagidae) » Sarcophaginae
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Fly
Copyright © 2006 Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur

Fly
Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
August 14, 2005
Could someone tell me what species of fly this is?
It was taken in a wooded area last summer.
Canon 20D
Canon 100mm macro lens
Bogen Tripod
Selectively desaturated all but the eyes
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Contributed by Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur on 6 June, 2006 - 3:03am
Last updated 8 March, 2007 - 12:36am

Moved
Moved from Flesh Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 8 March, 2007 - 12:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 December, 2006 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

Thank you
Thanks Richard and Omar. I appreciate you taking the time to comment.

Regards,

Michelle
… Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur, 6 June, 2006 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

Sarcophagidae
Maybe genus Sarcophaga itself, but I cannot be conclusive. Like closely related Tachinids, Sarcophagids have often such strong setae on their abdomen. However, overall habitus is different.
… Richard Vernier, 6 June, 2006 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

someone from RI!
you see the spines in the back of the abdomen of the fly?
i think that makes it a Tachinid
… Omar Fahmy, 6 June, 2006 - 7:33am login or register to post comments

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