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Tony T
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Posted on 02-03-2007 11:35
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This fly looks very similar to the one on DipteraInfo Home Page. ID help requeted
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Well, it's a Phasia sp. for sure but I don't know if aurigera is over in the Nearctic or not - my guess is not. Best to ask Jim O'Hara I think Smile
 
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Thanks Chris, glad to get a genus - I even did not know the family!
Checked O'Hara's web page on Eastern tachinids; just 3 spp. here: aurulans, diversa, robertsoni.
 
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This might very well be aurulans male


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