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Green Stratiomyid - Odontomyia cincta - female

Green Stratiomyid - Odontomyia cincta - Female
Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, MB05 Pond, Santa Clara County, California, USA
July 21, 2011
Size: ~8-10 mm
Pond environment; moved about silently like a syrphid; here at rest on cattail (Typha) reeds.

Moved
Moved from Soldier flies.

Stratiomyidae: Odontomyia cincta
Stratiomyidae: Odontomyia cincta

Moved
Moved from Flies.

10 mm might be on the high side, but it's not that small -- at least 7-8. Will try to relocate and get a measurement.

Stratiomyid, rather...
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