Strange Fly Feeding on ?

Great low POV of this Flesh Fly? Here's another closer view of the species Tom: http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/ic.cgi?a=vp&pr=196833&CGISESSID=ead13d901aeffda929654ae8cc0f05fe&u=26680
Good details, colors, exposure and I really like the layers of your comp. The ultra tiny insects it's eating are probably newly hatched water beetle nymphs, but this is a slightly less than 'educated' guess
Very good interest, this image's what macro's all about - Discovery

I have seen one like this before...they have a really strange tongue! It is a memorable fly as it looks rather piggish... Nice find!

I knew Howard would ID this one for you, Tom. Thanks, Howard. Great capture of the world of small animal behavior, Tom. I like the way the fly seems to be guarding its prey.

The world of macro...nice capture and display of nature!

I'm no fly taxonomist, but I thought that flesh flies (Sarcophagidae) typically have a gray thorax with three darker racing stripes. With the sandy-colored thorax, black abdomen, and prominent bristles, I'd call this a Tachinid fly, perhaps in the genus Archytas or Epalpus.

See http://bugguide.net/node/view/21091

and

http://bugguide.net/node/view/12762

Browse the photos (there are a lot of them) and you'll see a number of flies that look more similar to this beast than a Sarcophagid.

Well I'm no 'taxonomist' either Peter, I did the best I could to faithfully ID the insect/fly. The version you linked does have a much lighter thorax with no visible stripes. I assumed it was just the bright sunlight when I looked at it.
I will say that there are so many similar species and variations that it makes it very intimidating to ID sometimes..
Thanx

Excellent. I like the viewpoint and colors.

Thanks for all the input!

Howard and Peter - thanks for your efforts in identifying this fly. Some insects are even harder for me to spot differences in than trying to ID some species in the "little brown bird" category.