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One of these things is not like the other…but which one? Once you think you know, look below the photo for the answer.

Click and drag on the green below to highlight the text and reveal the answer.

A, B and C are all types of flies (Diptera) while D is a sawfly (Symphyta).

A is a bee fly in the Bombylius genus
B is Eristalinus taeniops, a syrphid fly
C is Physocephala burgessi, a thick-headed fly in the Conopidae family
D is a willow sawfly in the genus Nematus

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Kelly Brenner

Kelly Brenner is a naturalist, writer and artist based in Seattle. She is the author of THE NATURALIST AT HOME: Projects for Discovering the Hidden World Around Us and NATURE OBSCURA: A City’s Hidden Natural World from Mountaineers Books, a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards and Pacific Northwest Book Awards. She writes articles about natural history and has bylines in Crosscut, Popular Science, National Wildlife Magazine and others. On the side she writes fiction.

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