Dalmannia pacifica Fly, side, Fossil Butte_2012-10-24-1127_8120227651_o Dalmannia pacifica Fly, Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming. In hand sanitizer in a cuvette Ben added a piece of black construction paper on the bottom of the cuvette to decrease

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Dalmannia pacifica Fly, side, Fossil Butte_2012-10-24-1127_8120227651_o Dalmannia pacifica Fly, Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming. In hand sanitizer in a cuvette Ben added a piece of black construction paper on the bottom of the cuvette to decrease the reflectance of the cuvette wall, this worked, but the paper bled an interesting effect. Many thanks to arbonius2 for the identification of this species, see their comments below regarding the interesting parasitic nature of this species of fly. Dalmannia pacifica Fly, side, Fossil

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