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Soldier fly

Family Stratiomyidae

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7 Comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Thank you for the ID, Juan.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Excellent. Great to have such skills in Noah. Thanks for that. (wish my abdomen was frequently depressed :)

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

well, Soldier flies have big eyes, so the head looks semi-spherical. Then the antenae are allways this shape and the abdomen frequently is depressed

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Amazing Juan... what says Soldier fly ? Thorax? legs?

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

This is a Soldier fly also (Stratiomyidae)

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Thank you, Argy. I hope Juan can tell us more about this one.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Fabulous! ..some syrphidae... but which one?

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Spotted on Nov 23, 2012
Submitted on Nov 23, 2012

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