Insects and Spiders

A 2nd Species Of Feather-legged Fly

A few flowers down from where I found the all black feather-legged fly, I found this one. I figured the color difference was simply a gender difference. I was wrong. It turned out to be a totally different species but same genus. So cool, I got 2 new species within a couple of minutes.
Male Feather-legged Fly (Trichopoda pennipes)
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota)

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