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Mythicomyia sp.
Brown/gray flying insect with red eyes. About 1cm from tip to tip. Humpback thorax and wings extend beyond striped abdomen. It has a long proboscis.
Feeding from an African Daisy and resting on Variegated Swedish Ivy
There are over 150 different species in this genus. If anyone can figure this one out, I'll be very appreciative and impressed!
Spotted on Sep 3, 2011
Submitted on Sep 3, 2011
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I have actually after KarenP suggested it and I went through it. I just somehow missed this one! Thank you for the link though. It's been quite helpful when I'm more observant :)
Hi Cindy, I know you are a bit south of Orange County (where I lived for 25 years), but you might want to bookmark the site where your fly was located: http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/index.htm
It looked to have lots of good information about all sorts of critters.
You found it! Thank you lori.tas It appears that the species aren't well documented so I'll enter Mythicomyia sp.
Check it against the male (photo in the lower right-hand corner) of this Mythicomyia sp : http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/diptera/Myt...
It's a type of fly, possibly a "long-legged" species.