Posted by Stephen on 26-09-2006 00:09
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Pleasant flies, several of them sitting on sticks on the forest floor. The first two photos are of the same individual, while the third is of a different individual. Hope they are the same species. They did seem to be hanging out together.
The arista look plumose for the entire length, I think. My first feeling was Muscidae, but if I am identifying the hypopleuron correctly it seems to have bristles.
West Virginia USA, 24 September 2006. Length 8 mm.