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Photo#905785
Fly - Acreophthiria

Fly - Acreophthiria
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
April 3, 2014
Size: ~8mm
Found on buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus) flowers in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.

Fly
Rhagionidae

 
Really?
Then that's not a proboscis that I'm seeing?

 
Full size
It does have a long proboscis.

The full size image is on flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/44150996@N06/13615627514/sizes/o/

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

 
Maybe...
Phthiriinae? Wing venation and antenna shape seem to match? Looks similar to

Maybe...
Maybe a dance fly: Empididae?

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