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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Marsh Flies, Snail-killing Flies (Sciomyzidae) » Tetanocerini » Sepedon
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I haven't got a clue what this guy is...Sciomyzidae...thanks guys...getting there - Sepedon
Copyright © 2011 Jeff Winget

I haven't got a clue what this guy is...Sciomyzidae...thanks guys...getting there - Sepedon
Waterloo, Monroe County, Illinois, USA
September 7, 2011
Size: roughly 1/2 to 5/8"
Seen in a patch of wildflowers and weeds near a small pond and a densely wooded area.

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I haven't got a clue what this guy is...Sciomyzidae...thanks guys...getting there - Sepedon I haven't got a clue what this guy is... - Sepedon
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Contributed by Jeff Winget on 27 September, 2011 - 7:05am
Last updated 18 January, 2019 - 2:52pm

Moved
Moved from Limnia.
… John F. Carr, 18 January, 2019 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Marsh Flies.
… John F. Carr, 14 April, 2012 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Limnia sp.
Definitely Limnia but impossible to say more except that it's not L. shannoni, which would have conspicuous brown swellings at the base of the antennae.
… Bill Murphy (William L.), 14 April, 2012 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 October, 2011 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Well we definitely agree on Sciomyzidae :)
I'd agree with Sepedon. Limnia have more mottled wings.
… Natalie Hernandez, 27 September, 2011 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

 
TY for the help...I am inclin
TY for the help...I am inclined to agree with your evaluation of this little guy.
… Jeff Winget, 27 September, 2011 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

fly
Possibly Sepedon
… Ilona L., 27 September, 2011 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

 
That looks to be on the right
That looks to be on the right track...TY
… Jeff Winget, 27 September, 2011 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
a fly of some type. Maybe something in Limnia.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 27 September, 2011 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

 
Fly had occurred to me but I
Fly had occurred to me but I had never seen or at least never taken notice of the body plan of this guy before and was quite unsure where to start looking...TY
… Jeff Winget, 27 September, 2011 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

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