Monday Night Mystery

Ok. Now you guys have asked for it. Apparently the mysteries haven't been quite obscure enough.

So here you go. A real challenge:

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One point for order, three points for family, three points for genus, and three for species. Points are awarded for the first correct guess in each category.

The cumulative points winner for the month of June will win either 1) any 8x10 print from my insect photo gallery, or 2) a guest blog post on the (safe-for-work) topic of their choosing.

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Adapted sort of with permission from The Crackpot Index by John Baez, with contributions from the talk.origins howlers.
"Arithmetic! Algebra! Geometry! Grandiose trinity! Luminous triangle! Whoever has not known you is without sense!" -Comte de Lautréamont
The past couple of posts on continuity and homeomorphism actually glossed over one really important point. I'm actually surprised no one called me on it; either you guys have learned to trust me, or else no one is reading this.

I'll go with diptera for the order.

By FormicidaeFantasy (not verified) on 28 Jun 2010 #permalink

Aedes albopictus?

Chloropidae?

By FormicidaeFantasy (not verified) on 28 Jun 2010 #permalink

Tietse fly?

Katie- wow. Do you think they have any idea that their non-simuliid is upside-down?

Tabanids have eyes like the Hypno-Toad!

By Julie Stahlhut (not verified) on 28 Jun 2010 #permalink

(oops, the link URL link failed, sorry for the second comment post)

Missed the points for Diptera... but I'm pretty sure this is a Psilidae, probably Loxocera cylindrica!