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Photo#260985
Fly - Paregle - female

Fly - Paregle - Female
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
March 26, 2009
Size: around 5 mm
Thanks to Ron M. for photoshopping two images together for me.

Paregle? female (Anthomyiidae)
Robert Cuny det.

Moved from Flies.

 
Wow never heard of it...
Thank you and please thank Robert as well.

Moving -
to Diptera for now...

Dung fly?
Pretty sure this is a dung fly, but I know there are look-alike families....

 
maybe Heleomyzidae?
it has the spines on the leading edge of the wings like

Learned something new from your photos....
...apparently some flies have necks! I love when I notice something new from a photo that I'd not previously paid any attention to.

 
Yes
some have long necks, some have long noses. Have you seen:

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