Spotted Fly - Poecilosomella angulata

Did you sleep through etymology class?

You have a fly with a small, multicolored body. If you had translated "small, multicolored body" you would have come up with the genus name, Poecilosomella. The angular bend in r2+3 near the tip would have provided the species name, but there is only one species in America.

… John F. Carr, 5 June, 2013 - 2:56pm

Moved

Moved from Flies.

… John F. Carr, 5 June, 2013 - 1:49pm

Moved for Specialist Review

Moved from ID Request.

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 5 June, 2013 - 12:02pm

Spotted Fly

Shot Same

… Ron Hemberger, 5 June, 2013 - 11:41am

Where?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 5 June, 2013 - 12:06pm

Too obscure, I guess.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sighted_sub,_sank_same

… Ron Hemberger, 5 June, 2013 - 3:56pm

You came in from left field ...

and caught me off guard and sank me. Good one!

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 5 June, 2013 - 4:13pm

Some sort of spotted fly

This is some sort of fly with spots.

… John F. Carr, 5 June, 2013 - 7:28am