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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Xylophagidae » Coenomyia » Coenomyia ferruginea
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I could use some Help - Coenomyia ferruginea - female
Copyright © 2006 Jim Farrell

I could use some Help - Coenomyia ferruginea - Female
Lakewood, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA
June 14, 2006
I found it laying in the grass. It was making a sound from the abdomen. Could anyone help me out?

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Contributed by Jim Farrell on 14 June, 2006 - 5:21pm
Last updated 11 May, 2017 - 5:54pm

What the Hell!
I've never seen a fly like this before!
… Brittanie McCormack, 2 July, 2006 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

Xylophagidae
This looks very much like Coenomyia ferruginea. And it looks like this specimen just emerged out of its pupa and did not harden completely. Very nice find. I have no idea about the sounds it made, the few times I caught this holarctic species, I could sense a cheese like smell, so in some European countries they are called Cheesfly, but they have nothing to do with cheese....
Cheers
Martin
… Martin Hauser, 14 June, 2006 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

Some kind of fly
You can tell by the one pair of knob-like vestigial wings or halteres that whirl rapidly during flight to provide gyroscopic stability and also play a ganglionic role in contolling the wings based on slight shifts in direction felt by nerves in the halteres.
… Jim McClarin, 14 June, 2006 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thnx
Do you know where I could go to find out what type of fly this is?

Jim
… Jim Farrell, 14 June, 2006 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Just wait :-)
One of our fly experts is sure to comment within the next few hours.
… Jim McClarin, 14 June, 2006 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

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