Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Is this Musca autumnalis?

Posted by John Carr on 09-04-2011 23:54
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Connecticut, USA October 7, 2007 on rotting pumpkin. Is this Musca autumnalis?

The striped thorax and elbowed M vein are consistent with Musca and the color of the abdomen is the same as the male M. autumnalis, but this has the separated eyes of a female.

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