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Photo#644853
Tachinid Fly - Hemyda aurata

Tachinid Fly - Hemyda aurata
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
May 20, 2012
Size: "not small"
Don't recognize this rather large syrphid. Those halters could well qualify as wings

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Tachinid Fly - Hemyda aurata Tachinid Fly - Hemyda aurata

Tachinidae: Hemyda aurata
Tachinidae: Hemyda aurata

Moved tentatively
Moved from Flies.

Phasiinae
Probably Phasiinae. When you see giant calypters check in Phasiinae.

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