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tachinid - Exorista dydas - female

tachinid - Exorista dydas - Female
Topsham, Orange County, Vermont, USA
August 12, 2014

Moved
Moved from Exorista.

Exorista sp., female
Moved from Exoristini. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.

I'm not sure how to distinguish the species.

 
Species
See http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/Nearctic/Bertha/Exor.html. In the lower 48 and southern Canada,

4 post dc, no discals ... larvarum or mella
3 post dc, discals ... dydas (widespread) or trudis (western)

 
Thanks John
E. dydas it is.

Moved
Moved from Voriini.

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae.

Tachinidae: probably Voriini
Tachinidae: probably Voriini

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