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A Long-Tongued Tachinid Fly (Senostoma species, approximately 12 mm (0.5 in) in length), feeding on nectar. This is one of the 240,000 known species of true flies, which are distinguished by a single pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax. Photo credit: Fir0002 Recently featured: Edwin Smith Papyrus – 1882 Kingston, Jamaica fire – Buster Keaton |
