Insects and Spiders - native

Insect or Spider (unknown species) (various) on May 4, 2017

Submitter has sample

Description of specimen

I have an insane amount of flies, strange and regular looking ones a bag full of them

Commentary

HI, thanks for the Hotline submission. There is an extraordinary diversity of insects in Oregon - an estimated 50,000 or more species. The first step is identifying the species or Genus of flies. Pictures of insects are hard to get. You can collect some of the flies and place in a water-tight containter with rubbing alcohol and submit to the Oregon State University Insect ID clinic for identification http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/bpp/insect_clinic/

Wyatt Williams
July 14, 2017, 3:42 a.m.