Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

In the Back 40

A sunflower maggot fly, Strauzia longipennis. Scoping out my sunflowers, which have not yet budded. You can’t really see the red in the eye in my photo, so take a look at this image.

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One response to “In the Back 40”

  1. amarilla

    Kind of a cutie. Come on now you impudent sunflowers, don’t keep a maggot fly waiting!

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