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Field Notes

Description:

1/4 inch long

Habitat:

spotted on discolored sand (probably bird poop) on wet beach sand

Notes:

May simply be house flies? An early morning jogger happened by, so this is the only photo.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
auntnance123
Appreciate it, ForestDragon. The heads and abdomens seem to match, but the thoraxes don't have the distinct lines.
ForestDragon
They look a lot like a species of Flesh Fly: http://bugguide.net/node/view/159840 That's about as far as I can go.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2012

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