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Golden-legged Mydas Fly

Mydas tibialis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Illinois.January 9, February 10, March 15, April 27, May 44, June 18, July 100, August 59, September 17, October 14, November 9, December 8.
United States744
Illinois199
Canada170
Ontario170
Michigan153
Ohio97
Missouri47
Kentucky35
Iowa35
Indiana32

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
FamilyMydas Flies · Mydidae
GenusMydas flies · Mydas

Sources

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