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Hello GBS. I found a bug in my house and put it in a jar, but can't seem to find an adequate match for it on the internet, and I know a bunch of you are super-knowledgable about animals. It looks like one of those brown wasps, black and dark reddish in color with long proportions and a pinched abdomen, but it's got the head and  mouthpiece of a fly, and it occasionally does that weird handrubbing thing they do. It keeps its wings out to its sides, but it moves its legs around like a fly. The closest thing I've been able to find is a Picture-Winged fly, but this thing is much skinnier and it holds its butt up in the air, though it shares the Picture-Winged fly's fancy wings. Also the abdomen ends with a pointed tip, but it looks too soft to actually be a stinger. I'm 99% sure it's harmless, but I'm curious as to what kind of fly it is exactly.Here are some pictures if it helps, sorry for the poor quality/jar but all I've got is a late 2000s cellphone and I don't feel like catching it again.    
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Pick posted:A Conopidae species of some sort maybe? I'm bad at flies. Where do you live? South Carolina. It just kind of showed up in my house.
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Apr 29, 2015 03:33
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Turboooooo posted:It looks like a Waved light fly. They lay eggs in June Bugs. Pyrgota undata http://bugguide.net/node/view/7384 Oh nice, that's it exactly, wing patterns and all. A cool fly, thanks for the ID. Now I can let it go without worry so it can go about its business of loving up june bugs.
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