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On mammal dung.

Gold Muchalat Provincial Park, Gold River, BC

Acalyptratae (Acalyptrate Flies). Photographed at Yarmouth Gardens, Toronto, Ontario on 22 September 2022. Very small.

I was hoping this was the same as the fly @iancruickshank had identified recently, but I'm not sure (it looks different) - see here for reference: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19094889

Looks similar to Lauxaniidae but doesn't go there in the key due to the breaks in the costa.

Several of these hanging around together. I think the one with darker wings has ovipositor.

Associated with a decomposing pig carcass.

Found perched on Madrone leaf, collected, 4.5 mm, also posted to BG here:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1965467

Found on bathroom wall. Fannia? Also posted to BG here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1346447

On a dead rodent

not sure.

At porch light

Looked like two males competing for a female, one male seems to have won

Campbellville, ON

This fly was standing on a banana slug, preening. Flew away when I tried to photograph it from the front.

Or at least Heliomyzidae?

Unknown fly. Help!

Unknown fly. Help!

Very small fly with comparatively long antennae. Found after a rain.

(Scathophagidae) Indian Springs WMA, Kuhns Ridge Road, Washington County, Maryland. April 20, 2021. At UV light.

at entrance to tree hollow

Just going with iNaturalist's suggestion, though it looks a bit like a Nematoceran Fly I posted earlier...

beautiful, I assume pupae of some sort, on dead bark of Ulmus on the ground

Very small flies (~1-2mm). On dead pike.

On week-old chicken carcass

Archbold

1 mm

9023927 Lonchaeidae LANCE FLY

Small bee, fly, or ant (size of a Little Black Ant)

small (up to 1-2mm) larvae on rotten wood

active on pure oak litter

Large impressive ichneumon with big ovipositor, found on dead Pinus with numerous galleries