Perhaps this quote from the Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz summarizes the following pages and images best:
"I spent the summer traveling; I got halfway across my back yard."
Friday, July 31, 2009
Picture-winged Fly (Delphinia picta)
The attractive pattern on the wings combined with an ant-like shape and a rather bizarre proboscis gives this fly a distinctive appearance. Despite its resemblance to a rather large fruit fly, the larvae feed on decaying vegetation.
