What winged insect is in this photo? Is it Axymyia furcata? Posting on behalf of a neighbor who asked: > Can anyone identify this insect? It's about 3/8" long. There are, it seems, hundreds flitting low over our lawn. There were none 2 days ago. This is the Northern California Bay Area Peninsula. !Insect

My neighbor submitted the photo to < and it was identified as a sugar cane soldier fly, "Inopus rubriceps"- Female

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They are from Australia and were accidentally introduced to San Francisco 50 years ago. It feeds on grasses.