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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Lauxanioidea » Lauxaniidae » Trypetisoma » Trypetisoma sticticum
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Fly - Trypetisoma sticticum
Copyright © 2012 Peter Cristofono

Fly - Trypetisoma sticticum
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 23, 2012
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 23 May, 2012 - 6:16pm
Last updated 25 May, 2012 - 11:32am

Moved
Moved from Otitinae.
… Martin Hauser, 25 May, 2012 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

 
A Lauxaniid!
Wow,that was a tricky one.

Thanks Martin!
… Peter Cristofono, 25 May, 2012 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 24 May, 2012 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

Fruit fly, perhaps?
Looks somewhat like Eutreta, but isn't!
… Ron Hemberger, 23 May, 2012 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Also looks like a...
...peacock fly, but the wing pattern and legs look somewhat different to me.
… Peter Cristofono, 24 May, 2012 - 8:40am login or register to post comments

 
Tough one!
I don't think either of us have it. Hopefully, you'll draw some expert commentary. In my limited experience, peacock fly holds its wings differently than yours, looking somewhat like a tiny turkey.
… Ron Hemberger, 24 May, 2012 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

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