Anthomyiide

This one is best seen LARGE to get the full effect.

It is hot today, not just warm, but hot, which means that we will probably have a thunder storm soon.

Norman was allowed on the insect expedition today as I was looking high today - in bushes and trees, which, as a height-challenged dog, that the Jack Russell typically is, he couldn't eat my models.

This is an Anthomyiide, from the family, Anthomyiidae a large and diverse family of Muscoidea flies. Most look rather like small houseflies, but are commonly drab grey. The genus Anthomyia, in contrast, are generally conspicuously-patterned in black-and-white or black-and-silvery-grey. Wikipedia

As Wikipedia says, it looks like a common house fly, but they do have a certain beauty that we often don't see as we are swatting them away from our food.

I hope your Friday was good and that you are looking ahead to an enjoyable weekend :)