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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Flies</title>
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		<title>Veined Ctunecha 1000 miles off course, and Tachinid Fly</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/25/unknown-ctunechid-and-tachinid-fly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Tachinid Flies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Moths and Arctiids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blue Bug with Orange Head
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Found this flying through my garage tonight at sunset in southern Ontario, Canada. Wrongly identified it quickly on the net as a Pine False Webworm, but the wings clearly indicate that it is something else. 2nd one I&#8217;ve seen in the area in 2 days [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/01/22/unidentified-australian-tachinid-fly/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Unidentified Australian Tachinid Fly'>Unidentified Australian Tachinid Fly</a> <small>What is it? Found by a friend in her garden...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/08/29/tachinid-fly-3/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Tachinid Fly'>Tachinid Fly</a> <small>Please tell us what kind of bee this is&#8230;. We...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/08/tachinid-fly-5/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Tachinid Fly'>Tachinid Fly</a> <small>Yellow fly with a big red bottom Sun, Feb 8,...</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Robber Fly</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/22/robber-fly-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/22/robber-fly-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Robber Flies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Strange Flying Bug in Yard
Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Flying insect. Looks like it is laying eggs. Fly type body, wasp like wings, has design on body like bee. Looked like a giant mosquito to me. Made deep buzzing sound as a warning when I got too close. Never saw one before.
the bug guy
Tucson, [...]


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		<title>Southern Bee Killer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/16/southern-bee-killer-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/16/southern-bee-killer-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Robber Flies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is this a bee or fly?
Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:53 AM
Nearly everyday I come home from work to find one or two of what look like skinny bumblebees on my front porch clinging to the screens. The porch was just recently screened in and doesn&#8217;t have a door yet which is how they are [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2006/05/30/southern-bee-killer/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Southern Bee Killer'>Southern Bee Killer</a> <small>Interesting bee photo! Hi, Last year I was mowing the...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/07/15/southern-bee-killer-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Southern Bee Killer'>Southern Bee Killer</a> <small>bumblebee killing honeybee? queen mating with drone? I can see...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/08/05/bee-like-robber-fly-eats-japanese-beetle/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Bee-Like Robber Fly eats Japanese Beetle'>Bee-Like Robber Fly eats Japanese Beetle</a> <small>Is this a Robber Fly? I see that many of...</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Tachinid Fly</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/06/tachinid-fly-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/06/tachinid-fly-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tachinid Flies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is this fly?
Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:59 PM
I took this photograph at 4:27 pm June 03, 2009 in the Central Okanagan region of British Columbia. The area it was specifically taken in is characterized by grasses and sagebrush. The temperature was about 30 C and sunny. The fly appeared to be feeding on [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/12/26/tachinid-fly-pupae/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Tachinid Fly Pupae'>Tachinid Fly Pupae</a> <small>strange larvae We just got home from a ten day...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/01/22/unidentified-australian-tachinid-fly/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Unidentified Australian Tachinid Fly'>Unidentified Australian Tachinid Fly</a> <small>What is it? Found by a friend in her garden...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/07/08/tachinid-fly-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Tachinid Fly'>Tachinid Fly</a> <small>weird horsefly/bee? Hello Bugman, I am from Zanesville, Ohio (Southeastern...</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Mating March Flies</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/01/mating-march-flies-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/01/mating-march-flies-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[March Flies and Lovebugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bug love]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Higher evolution?
Sun, May 31, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Hi Lisa Anne and Daniel, twice I have found mating March Flies (?) with the head of one being miniscule in comparasion to the other. Could they be as their human counterparts in that the male&#8217;s thinking has been usurped by another body part? Perhaps this then is [...]


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		<title>Water Midge</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/31/water-midge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/31/water-midge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 19:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Midges]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Flying insect surrounds my house &#38; car
Sun, May 31, 2009 at 7:02 AM
This little bug showed up what seemed to be over night. I first noticed it Friday morning all over my screen door. When I went out they seemed to be swarming like gnats. Then when I got to my car they seemed to [...]


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		<title>BUG OF THE MONTH JUNE 2009:  Golden Backed Snipe Flies Mating</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/29/bug-of-the-month-june-2009-golden-backed-snipe-flies-mating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/29/bug-of-the-month-june-2009-golden-backed-snipe-flies-mating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bug love]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Pair of Golden Backed Snipe Flies Mating
Golden Backed Snipe Flies Mating
Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Leaving the house today, these two bugs were on my porch cushion. They were there for almost 1/2hour. They even gave me time to go get my camera , focus a few shots and get this great one! [...]


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		<title>Jumping Spider eats Robber Fly in Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/29/jumping-spider-eats-robber-fly-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/29/jumping-spider-eats-robber-fly-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 13:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jumping Spiders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robber Flies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unidentified]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's That Bug Down Under?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Salticid kills Asilidae Foodchain
Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Hi guys,
Got this picture today of a Jumping Spider catching a tiny Robberfly. The spider is one I have been trying to identify with the help of the University of Southern Queensland but there are over 500 species most of which have never been photographed so [...]


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		<title>Phantom Crane Fly</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/22/phantom-crane-fly-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/22/phantom-crane-fly-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 14:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crane Fly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can&#8217;t Find This Bug Anywhere!!
Thu, May 21, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Dear WTB:
A friend of mine and I were in the parking lot of PetCo, and this not-so-little flier landed on my friends shirt. We thought it looked pretty interesting, so we snapped a few pics with our cell phones(which is the photo isn&#8217;t the best) [...]


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		<title>Rattailed Maggot</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/12/rattailed-maggot-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/12/rattailed-maggot-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maggots]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What kind of bug is this?
Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:28 PM
I found this bug in a hole in a tree filled with water. Any ideas?
Natalie West
North East Ohio
Hi Natalie,
This is a Rattailed Maggot, the larva of a Drone Fly, possibly Eristalis tenax.  There are a few photos of Rattailed Maggots on BugGuide.





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