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Twitchy fly - Pogonortalis doclea
Copyright © 2006 Ron Hemberger

Twitchy fly - Pogonortalis doclea
Orange County, California, USA
March 19, 2006
Size: approx. 6mm
Fly looked and acted like a wasp, i.e. twitching wings and tail. Wings sort of rotated towards the front; note odd angle in one photo. Two specimens shown.

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 24 March, 2006 - 10:30am
Last updated 1 February, 2007 - 11:04pm

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Ron, I notice this seems to be one of your first posts. It's dated March 24th, 2006. Is that when you joined Bug Guide? If so, I only joined about a week before you did, on March 16th! That's a pretty strange coincidence!
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 15 November, 2007 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pogonortalis.
… Martin Hauser, 15 November, 2006 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

Platystomatidae.
Some nice captures of one of the "picture-winged flies" in the family Platystomatidae, closely allied to the Otitidae (Ulidiidae).
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 March, 2006 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

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