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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Jun 08, 2007

The only ones that I can find that are similar...folks are hunting for the species too....

Any clues?

maybe a species of Archytas?

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jun 08, 2007

There are very few images available of that one. The thorax section on this one is brown but all else looks like yours. There is mention of a metallic blue abdomen, I can see that on yours.

http://www.cirrusimage.com/flies_archytas.htm

http://www.windsofkansas.com/June22006.html

http://www.mchenry.edu/Faculty/mgarriso/FieldGuideToMcHenryCounty/MCCDInsectWebPages/FliesGallery/pages/TachinidFly.htm

http://bugguide.net/node/view/21083

http://bugguide.net/node/view/21091

I found an image of Archytas apicifer which could be it

http://www.insectimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=2107021

One other image of A marmoratus which doesn't look the same.

http://www.insectimages.org/browse/subimages.cfm?SUB=6861

There is a lot of them, but A. apicifer could be a more common species.







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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jun 08, 2007

melody,
I agree that it is probably Archytas, but there seem to be at least 14 species in that genus and very few are illustrated on the net.
We could store it in BugFiles as Archytas sp.

Ken

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Jun 09, 2007

Sounds like the prudent thing to do Ken.

Thanks for all of the info wallaby1...I'll dig a bit deeper through it later tonight. From what I could find, this is sort of a gray area with these insects.

This one is very common here in west KY. I've just started seeing them, but will see them often till frost. It is an insect that I see nearly every day if that helps.

How do I do the Archytas sp. ......put the sp. in the species window?

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jun 09, 2007

Yes, set the species as: sp.

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Jun 09, 2007

I'm marking this one solved....everything that has a species listed does not quite match. I'm putting it in BugFiles as Archytas sp.

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