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Winsome Fly

Istocheta aldrichi

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 26, February 27, March 42, April 83, May 159, June 74, July 56, August 51, September 53, October 44, November 27, December 24.
United States1,735
Canada1,060
Ontario666
New York548
Minnesota523
Quebec376
Vermont205
Massachusetts142
New Hampshire137
Maine89

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyTachinid Flies · Tachinidae
GenusIstocheta

Sources

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Practise Winsome Fly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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