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Red headed fly

Ocyptamus fuscipennis

Photo by Brian38
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Field Notes

Description:

A dark species with considerable, though variable, amount of dark in wing
Narrow base of the abdomen.

Habitat:

Spotted on a Mouse ear flower (an invasive plant) at Lake Catherine State Park.

Notes:

Range
throughout NA (Canada to Mexico), Cuba.

Reference Links:

Species Ocyptamus fuscipennis - BugGuide.Net

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PublishedSeptember 25, 2018

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