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 Dichaeta?
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| lgarriga |
Posted on 13-05-2025 13:42
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 Member Location: South Florida, US Posts: 32 Joined: 21.04.25 |
May 25, 2023 Miami, Florida, USA After a lengthy conversation on iNaturalist, suggested as Dichaeta sp. Looking for further ID or any other info/suggestions lgarriga attached the following image:  [205.21Kb] Edited by lgarriga on 13-05-2025 14:49 |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 13-05-2025 15:14
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Member Location: Posts: 1250 Joined: 25.03.10 |
Apparently a Dichaeta. To my knowledge only six species are known. Somebody should be able to identify such conscpicuous, black and white patterned fly. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 13-05-2025 16:43
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7285 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Dichaeta species are dark brown to black in colour, lacking the pale dusting seen on this specimen. I would say this is Notiphila decorata (or a related species), which has a similar spiny abdomen as in Dichaeta.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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