unknown fly
Aug 5, 2022 11:24:13 #
several shots were of it disappearing from the scene, kinda like long legged flies
Aug 5, 2022 11:59:52 #
Don't know for sure, but a Housefly relative family, Anthomyidae, looks promising. There are VERY many species, but https://bugguide.net/node/view/1029311 looks close. The bare arista (the spine on the antenna) fits either that or Mucidae, the House Flies. Anthomyids include root maggots and leaf miners among others. The miners leave a meandering empty trail inside a leaf with a thin line of feces left in the center, ending in a wider space where the larva pupates, then breaks out as a fly. This muscid also looks promising for the dark wing patterns??? https://bugguide.net/node/view/2093499/bgpage
Aug 5, 2022 13:10:22 #
Aug 5, 2022 13:10:49 #
gmontjr2350
Loc: Southern NJ
relbugman wrote:
Don't know for sure, but a Housefly relative famil... (show quote)
Love this explanation! Thanks!
George
Aug 5, 2022 13:51:11 #
relbugman wrote:
Don't know for sure, but a Housefly relative famil... (show quote)
Thanks for the info, got me closer then I was.........
Aug 5, 2022 20:04:02 #
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Aug 6, 2022 11:49:50 #
CBruceM
Loc: South Central Texas
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Aug 6, 2022 12:37:58 #
Tiger flies (genus Coenosia) are similar, but i don't see one in BugGuide with the dark wing markings.
Now Phaonia has the marks, as does Helina. BugGuide has a lot of entries from these where it doesn't get narrowed down past these two genera.
Now Phaonia has the marks, as does Helina. BugGuide has a lot of entries from these where it doesn't get narrowed down past these two genera.
Aug 6, 2022 15:21:28 #
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