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moustached fly

Mesembrina mystacea

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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 Alaska.January 114, February 84, March 132, April 208, May 300, June 327, July 350, August 301, September 221, October 165, November 90, December 70.
United States2,363
Alaska2,363
Russia148
Austria77
Finland58
Moscow Oblast24
Tirol23
Italy21
Norway18
Steiermark17

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
FamilyHouse Flies and Allies · Muscidae
GenusMesembrina

Sources

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Practise moustached 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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