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Sarahskeeper Brockton, MA(Zone 6a) Aug 17, 2006

It's maybe a half inch from wing tip to tip, bright yellow with green eyes.
It hardly ever stopped moving on the top and bottom of the Agastache leaves.
Andy P

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Sarahskeeper Brockton, MA(Zone 6a) Aug 17, 2006

Another shot.
Thanks
Andy P

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 19, 2006

Maybe family Tephritidae, a fruit fly - Icterica seriata

http://bugguide.net/node/view/28862

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Sarahskeeper Brockton, MA(Zone 6a) Aug 19, 2006

Thanks CJ. That was my guess but being so new at this bug thing, I didn't trust myself.
Andy P

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White_Hydrangea Aurora, CO(Zone 5a) Aug 19, 2006

I thought fruit flies were smaller.

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 19, 2006

Those in Tephritidae can be 1 to 35 mm long. There are over 5,000 described species.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tephritidae
http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/Diptera/tephriti/TephRecg.htm

Drosophila melanogaster is the common fruitfly that we are familiar with. It is only 3mm in length. There are about 3,000 described species in the family Drosophilidae, with 1,500 in the genus Drosophila alone. It is also referred to as a pomace fly.
http://www.ceolas.org/fly/intro.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila

Gosh, I learned a lot!

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 20, 2006

Andy - I see you posted over at Bug Guide. Let me know if they come up with something different, OK?

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