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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Black Scavenger Flies (Sepsidae) » Themira
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Unknown Fly - Themira - male
Copyright © 2013 Tamra F

Unknown Fly - Themira - Male
Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
April 21, 2013
A lek of these has been displaying in a patch of dirt in some overwintered kale plants for the last few days. Much waving of wings, flitting about and skirmishes, all of which attracted my attention in the first place.

Linking images as I doubt these are the same specimen.

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Unknown Fly - Themira - male Unknown Fly - Themira - male
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Contributed by Tamra F on 22 April, 2013 - 9:19pm
Last updated 23 April, 2013 - 7:03pm

Thanks
John and Bill. This one is definitely beyond me.
… Tamra F, 23 April, 2013 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 23 April, 2013 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

I think this belongs to the S
I think this belongs to the Sepsidae.
… Bill Dean, 23 April, 2013 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 23 April, 2013 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

Acalyptrate
Some male acalyptrate, I think. The hind tibia is modified and should be recognizable to an expert in the appropriate group.
… John F. Carr, 23 April, 2013 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

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