Tachinid Fly
- Gymnoclytia sp.
Subclass: Pterygota (winged / flying insects)
Order Diptera / Suborder Brachycera / Infraorder Muscomorpha
Family Tachinidae Subfamily Phasiinae / Tribe Gymnosomatini
Live adult male and female flies photographed at Winfield and West
Chicago IL USA.
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These small flying insects are members of the order Diptera, Latin for "two wing." True flies only have two wings, unlike bees and beetles and all other flying insects, which have four.
