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Female Brush Katydid (Scudderia sp.). Males of a couple species of Scudderia were calling in the area so I do not know which species of Scudderia this is. But I am sure she knew which male song was her future mate. Old Womans Run, Maryland
True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics.[1]
Flies have a mobile head, with a pair of large compound eyes, and mouthparts designed for piercing and sucking (mosquitoes, black flies and robber flies), or for lapping and sucking in the other groups. Their wing arrangement gives them great maneuverability in flight, and claws and pads on their feet enable them to cling to smooth surfaces. Flies undergo complete metamorphosis; the eggs are laid on the larval food-source and the larvae, which lack true limbs, develop in a protected environment, often inside their food source. The pupa is a tough capsule from which the adult emerges when ready to do so; flies mostly have short lives as adults.
The newly emerged moth is resting in the early morning as the mist rises, with its wings still slightly crinkled. Ridgeway near Kingston Lisle.
For my poem on burnet moths, see:
A rather hopeful small, damp muscid fly sitting on a sun chair in the garden. Focus stacked using zerene
If you want Monarch Butterflies, plant some Milkweed. They are forever entwined in each others lifecycle as well as plenty of other actors in the process. My back porch this afternoon.
Over 4000 species of Muscid flies throughout the world in around 100 Genera. The species include some house flies and stable flies. Not one i have seen around the house but there are plenty of these in the garden.