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Tiny, the background is a jeans fabric.
UNABLE TO COLLECT SPECIMENS
UNABLE TO COLLECT SPECIMENS
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Gleaned from side of house. They are fairly abundant resting on the house. 7686
At the entrance of a Cliff-Swallow nest under the eaves of a building in the Palo Alto Baylands. Adult and nestling swallows were active in nearby nests, but this one is currently occupied by a Pacific Gopher Snake.
Eggs are visible.
The ventral view in the second photo is courtesy of a spider that had caught the bug in its web.
I found this in a package that I received, so it was not found alive locally.
Dead.In a produce scrap bag. Presumably imported with produce and not from local origin.
Photo is an actual photo of live insect taken by me at the time listed 2023-10-01 16:43:29 at OAK airport arrival terminal for southwest flight (SWA3845) from Baltimore. It was found alive on a passenger inside the airplane while landing, captured, and euthanized in the airport terminal. All details (ie coordinates, time of photo) are exact. No other individuals were seen but a detailed search of fuselage was not performed by poster.
Houdini Fly larva, discovered in Mason Bee nesting materials in February 2021, and adults trapped on Mason Bee house in April 2021.
This fly has been hovering and perching by an Osmia nesting site in the window frame of my home. Possible parasite?
At bee and wasp hotel.