Golden-Backed Snipe Flies of Ainsworth

I am not going to start a Flies of Ainsworth series, not for lack of flies, but because usually those jerks won't hold still long enough to be photographed … only, this little cutie did.


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My phone may take lousy pictures, but at least it can tell me (or try to tell me) what I just photographed. I don't know how else I would have ever identified this Golden-Backed Snipe Fly.