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Photo#632844
Fungus-ridden Ballon Fly - Hilara - male
Copyright © 2012 Robert Lord Zimlich

Fungus-ridden Ballon Fly - Hilara - Male
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
April 22, 2012
Size: ~5mm
Something I don't see every night. While the fuzzy bands on its abdomen look like eggs, I can't imagine how they got there. Eggs or ornamentation? Also, strange looking calipers.

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Fungus-ridden Ballon Fly - Hilara - male Fungus-ridden Ballon Fly - Hilara - male
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 23 April, 2012 - 12:15pm
Last updated 26 February, 2018 - 6:18pm

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Moved
Moved from Balloon Flies.
… John F. Carr, 26 February, 2018 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 23 April, 2012 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

Hilara
A male Hilara.
… John F. Carr, 23 April, 2012 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

Was it alive?
Looks like a fungus-ridden dance fly...
… Yurika Alexander, 23 April, 2012 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep
I have photos of it in various locations/position. Notice it's askew to the sheet threads, while in lateral photo, it's more perpendicular. This is the best photo, because moving wings were blurred in others
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 23 April, 2012 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

 
welp
looks like its on the way out
… Edna Woodward, 23 April, 2012 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Trippy
Reminds me of a flapper dress
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 23 April, 2012 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

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