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Postcoital dronefly - Eristalis tenax

Postcoital dronefly - Eristalis tenax
Alameda County, California, USA
August 3, 2009
This is one of the coupled flies. It remained on the ground cover after the pair separated and the other fly flew a few feet away. The time was 11:34:38.

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