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Tachinid Fly

Tachinidae

Photo by misako
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Field Notes

Description:

I spotted this Tachinid Fly on some cow parsnip flowers in Aquatic Park, Berkeley, CA. Any help in a specific species ID would be great.

Habitat:

Aquatic Park, Berkeley, CA.

Reference Links:

EOL: Tachinidae, Tachinidae, Family Tachinidae - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
misako
Thanks for the ID suggestion Juan! I will start looking at Phorocera photos and see if I can find a match.
Juan DiTrani
It looks like a Phorocera, but is just a guess, it's impossible to be sure without a stereoscope http://www.corzonneveld.nl/selected/2009/spring09/spring09-diptera.php

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