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Gray and brown fly with bristles - Eutrichota - male
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Gray and brown fly with bristles - Eutrichota - Male
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
September 17, 2013
Size: 5.5 mm (body)

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Gray and brown fly with bristles - Eutrichota - male Gray and brown fly with bristles - Eutrichota - male Gray and brown fly with bristles - Eutrichota - male
Contributed by Bob Webster on 20 September, 2013 - 11:42am
Last updated 20 September, 2013 - 7:26pm

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Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 20 September, 2013 - 7:26pm

Eutrichota affinis?
Maybe Eutrichota affinis, recorded breeding in underground nests of groundhogs. Since I have seen the species in woods with no groundhogs but plenty of chipmunks and deer mice, it probably has wider habits than host records suggest.
… John F. Carr, 20 September, 2013 - 2:20pm

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