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Homoneura (Homoneura) sp. (Lauxaniidae) Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Bristle Fly - Tachinidae Urbana, Illinois, USA
A tiny frit fly (Chloropidae: Conioscinella) steals a bit of hemolymph from the kill of an assassin bug (Reduviidae: Sinea). East Brooklyn, Illinois, USA
Larvae of syrphid flies in the genus Microdon are so odd that they were originally described as molluscs. The adults are more or less normal-looking flies, but larvae are predators of ant brood, living within the dark galleries of ant nests (in this case, with Linepithema oblongum). Termas de Reyes, Jujuy, Argentina
A pair of Nephrotoma crane flies (Tipulidae) mating in a midwestern meadow. The female is above. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Portrait of a hover fly (Syrphidae). Urbana, Illinois, USA
Paragus sp. hover fly (Syrphidae) Urbana, Illinois, USA
Musca domestica - common house fly
Musca domestica - common house fly
Larvae of syrphid flies in the genus Microdon are so odd that they were originally described as molluscs. The adults are more or less normal-looking flies, but larvae are predators of ant brood, living within the dark galleries of ant nests (in this case, with Linepithema oblongum).

Termas de Reyes, Jujuy, Argentina
Larvae of syrphid flies in the genus Microdon are so odd that they were originally described as molluscs. The adults are more or less normal-looking flies, but larvae are predators of ant brood, living within the dark galleries of ant nests (in this case, with Linepithema oblongum). Termas de Reyes, Jujuy, Argentina
Larvae of syrphid flies in the genus Microdon are so odd that they were originally described as molluscs. The adults are more or less normal-looking flies, but larvae are predators of ant brood, living within the dark galleries of ant nests (in this case, with Linepithema oblongum).

Termas de Reyes, Jujuy, Argentina
See photo in original gallery.
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