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 Sphere-head Fly at Pacific Ocean beach
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| Stephen |
Posted on 23-08-2011 14:15
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Fly on the ocean beach, among pebbles, at Oregon, USA, 13 May 2007. Ephydridae?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 23-08-2011 14:18
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
That spherical head, like Charlie Brown in the comics.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 23-08-2011 14:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Looks like one of the coastal Scathophagidae. Not sure about Nearctic species, though.
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 23-08-2011 15:25
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Are those crossed interfrontals OK in Scathophagidae? (I was wondering about Anthomyiidae.) |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 23-08-2011 17:55
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I'd suggest Fucellia
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 23-08-2011 19:29
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I concur...
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