Thursday, July 14, 2011

Quick Turnaround

If only everything in life were so immediately satisfying.

I posted this at 11:45 am: I saw this fly at the edge of the forest.  Is it a flesh fly of some kind?

I received this response at 1:05 pm: Tachinidae: Paradidyama sp.

Classification:
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Tachinidae
Subfamily Tachiniae
Tribe Minthoini
Genus Paradidyma

Bugguide.net rocks.

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