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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Exoristinae » Goniini » Chrysoexorista » Chrysoexorista ochracea
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Gold Tachinid Fly - Chrysoexorista ochracea - female
Copyright © 2013 Robert Lord Zimlich

Gold Tachinid Fly - Chrysoexorista ochracea - Female
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
June 22, 2013
Size: ~12mm
UPDATE: Dr. O'Hara states, “There are many tachinids I cannot recognize from photos, but I know this one. I have a species page on Chrysoexorista ochracea (van der Wulp).”
This is a new species for BugGuide

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 22 June, 2013 - 9:09pm
Last updated 24 February, 2020 - 12:06pm

Moved to Chrysoexorista ochracea
Moved from Exoristinae.
det. Dr. James O'Hara
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 1 April, 2014 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

 
Congrats on this new BG species.
Quite a handsome addition and now we even know what it is.
… Ron Hemberger, 1 April, 2014 - 11:05am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks, Ron, I'm quite proud of this one. Newbies get so impatient, wanting an ID right now. This beauty was well worth the 9 month search. This fly doesn't eve look real. It looks like something you'd expect to find in some Egyptian tomb. BTW this is the only photo of a LIVE specimen I have been able find.
CB
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 1 April, 2014 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

 
Very sweet fly
I agree with Robert. Many flies simply can't be ID'd without seeing the underside and having it in hand to work through the keys. Great that you stuck with it. Dr. O'Hara is as good as it gets! This fly is a real beauty. Thanks for sharing and for going the extra mile to figure it out. Jeff Boettner
… George "Jeff" Boettner, 1 April, 2014 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae.
… v belov, 27 June, 2013 - 2:10am login or register to post comments

Tachinidae: Exoristinae
Tachinidae: Exoristinae
… Norm Woodley, 26 June, 2013 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

Quite nice, CB
.
… Ron Hemberger, 22 June, 2013 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 22 June, 2013 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like ...
John,
This looks like a species of Frontina. I have only been able to locate Frontina laeta, which appears to be European. Perhaps you have info to narrow down from here. Thanks
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 23 June, 2013 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

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