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This is a soldier fly of the family Stratiomyidae. "The family contains about 1,500 species in about 400 genera worldwide. Adults are found near larval habitats. Larvae can be found in a diverse array of situations mostly in wetlands and damp places in soil, sod, under bark, and in animal excrement and decaying organic matter. They are diverse in size and shape, though they commonly are partly or wholly metallic green, or somewhat wasplike mimics, marked with black and yellow or green and sometimes metallic. They are often rather inactive flies." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratiomyid...
Spottted on Cucurbita sp. in large semi-urban yard & garden adjacent to a disturbed patch of remnant forest.
Spotted on May 20, 2012
Submitted on May 21, 2012
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