Subject: Long-Legged Fly, Pelastoneurus sp.

Location: De Luz area of San Diego County, California

Stock Number: 07-12641

Comment: This fly is in the subfamily Dolichopodinae. There are about 40 Nearctic species in the genus Pelastoneurus. This individual is eating a larva of some kind.

Long-legged Flies are commonly found along streams, as this one was.