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Not a freak, just abdominally challenged. Tony, thanks for explaining the white abdomen. Flies are pretty tough, aren't they? This one seemed to be doing fine.

This summer we had an Anthrax sp. flying inside the house and I tried to coax it into a cup to take it outside. Somehow it all went wrong, the fly went into the cup and its head went onto the floor.:o

I put the fly outside anyway and it took a few steps on the leaf and then just stood there. I suppose inside the house the eyes and brain were seeing the ceiling!