Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphere-head Fly at Pacific Ocean beach

Posted by Stephen on 23-08-2011 14:15
#1

Fly on the ocean beach, among pebbles, at Oregon, USA, 13 May 2007. Ephydridae?

Posted by Stephen on 23-08-2011 14:18
#2

That spherical head, like Charlie Brown in the comics.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 23-08-2011 14:53
#3

Looks like one of the coastal Scathophagidae. Not sure about Nearctic species, though.

Posted by Stephen R on 23-08-2011 15:25
#4

Are those crossed interfrontals OK in Scathophagidae? (I was wondering about Anthomyiidae.)

Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-08-2011 17:55
#5

I'd suggest Fucellia

Posted by Paul Beuk on 23-08-2011 19:29
#6

I concur...