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Alien Landscape

I went for a walk in the woods and stumbled on an alien world, dominated by yellow precipices and lots of flies.

 

Can anyone narrow down the ID on this fly? I want to say it's from the Tephritidae family, or possibly Drosophilidae. I really don't know. Found in the woods in Maryland between DC and Baltimore.

 

Thanks to peteandnoewoods for IDing the fungus as Laetiporus sulphureus!

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Taken on June 28, 2007