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tachinid fly

Gonia sp.

Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Eagerly seeming to feed on GARLIC MUSTARD, one of those weeds we are supposed to kill. This is the ONLY abundant food source in my garden right now and many species of flies and bees are ALL OVER IT! I will no longer weed these "weeds". WEEDS FEED NATIVE POLLINATORS!

Reference Links:

Gonia sp.? - Gonia - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
ForestDragon
This neat fly looks like a type of Tachinid. There are a couple that have light heads. Here is a link: http://bugguide.net/node/view/197/bgpage

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PublishedMay 22, 2014

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