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Phoridae

Phoridae
road ditch near Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA
July 9, 2016: looking for Papaipema larvae in the stems of Angelica, Angelica atropurpurea. Found several.
This one was dead with lots of other species larvae, flies


July 22, 2016: flies began emerging

This is the right hand one.

August 7, 2016: photos taken of 2 dead phorids, the wings of the left one weren't fully inflated