ext_13103 ([identity profile] badnoodles.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] urbpan 2012-07-01 09:46 pm (UTC)

It's an easy mistake to make, but I believe that only diptera have vertical, hook-shpaed mouthparts. And the posterior spiracles scream Brachycera. But that's me being all entomological.

I wish I had your photography skills - I have a new subfamily/tribe of Muscidae for BugGuide but I can't get good enough pictures to illustrate the diagnostic features.

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