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Red Spotted Parasite Fly

Eriothrix rufomaculata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) elenao1, some rights reserved (CC BY)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 149, February 110, March 173, April 272, May 392, June 427, July 457, August 393, September 289, October 215, November 118, December 92.
United States3,086
Alaska3,086
United Kingdom1,883
England1,704
Germany611
Denmark296
Finland187
Russia171
Poland138
Nordrhein-Westfalen129

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
GenusEriothrix

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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