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Photo#294640
Fly

Fly
Española, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
June 26, 2009
Size: 1 cm
Since Ron Hemberger hoped I'd upload more images like a previous one of a bee fly...

The flowers are lavender cotton, Santolina chamaecyparissus.

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Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae
Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae

 
Thank you.
Very interesting!

Thanks, Jerry
Looks like a Tachinid, but let's wait for an expert.

 
Indeed
Ah, yes, the Oestroids and the Muscoids: an alliance of Unidentifiable Flying Objects...