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Here is me keeping my kid full of awe and wonder.
Happy #FridayFlyDay from my garden!
1. A long-legged fly (family Dolichopodidae) that actually stayed still for a photo
2. A hoverfly (family Syrphidae) amid the brown-eyed Susans, methodically going from flower to flower
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For this #FridayFlyday: today I was browsing around trying to ID a fly and inadvertently discovered these. Ant-mimicking flies, genus _Myrmecothea_. Now I've seen it all. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132235-Myrmecothea
Photos:
- Katja Schulz https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/139649
- Louis Burns https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/292460732
- Jane Waters https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/18914443
- Mark Faherty
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