Wonder Flies

They're called "wonder flies."

And for a good reason.

Folks wonder what they are. As native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, says: "We non-Dipterists often refer to these flies as 'wonder flies' since most of us wonder what these tiny diverse flies are."

We recently spotted these "wonder flies" in Napa sharing a squash blossom with honey bees.

Flies are pollinators, too! 

If you wonder about these flies, check out BugGuide.Net, where entomologists and others congregate to share "observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures."