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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Chiromyzinae » Inopus » Sugarcane Soldier Fly (Inopus rubriceps)
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Black bug, orange head - Inopus rubriceps - female
Copyright © 2012 R. Berg

Black bug, orange head - Inopus rubriceps - Female
Alameda County, California, USA
September 25, 2012
Size: 7.5 mm to wingtips
Found resting on potting bench, morning.

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Black bug, orange head - Inopus rubriceps - female Black bug, orange head - Inopus rubriceps - female
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Contributed by R. Berg on 25 September, 2012 - 3:02pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Marked as female on the basis of distance between eyes. Later, I learned that one doesn't even need to look that closely. In this species, males have black heads; females have orange heads.
… R. Berg, 25 September, 2012 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

Stratiomyidae: Inopus rubriceps
Stratiomyidae: Inopus rubriceps. This species was introduced from Australia to California around 1948
… Norm Woodley, 25 September, 2012 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

Imported soldier fly?
Resembles the immigrant Inopus rubriceps.
… John F. Carr, 25 September, 2012 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

wow. intriguing...
… v belov, 25 September, 2012 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

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