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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae)
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mating flies - male - female
Copyright © 2012 Kelly Fiegle

mating flies - Male Female
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA
March 17, 2012
Can anyone get me pointed in the right direction? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Contributed by Kelly Fiegle on 31 March, 2012 - 7:27am
Last updated 28 December, 2012 - 2:37am

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 14 October, 2012 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 8 April, 2012 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

Muscoidea
beyond that I don't know
… Brad Barnd, 31 March, 2012 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably Muscidae
There are only a couple species of Anthomyiidae with four postsutural dorsocentrals and the one I've seen appears different from this pair:
… John F. Carr, 8 August, 2012 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
:)
… Kelly Fiegle, 9 August, 2012 - 4:37am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Brad
I've been looking through Muscoidea for days, and can't seem to find anything that looks close to my untrained eyes. I really appreciate your pointing me in the right direction!
… Kelly Fiegle, 5 April, 2012 - 4:51am login or register to post comments

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