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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Acalyptratae » Stilt-legged Flies (Micropezidae) » Taeniapterinae » Grallipeza » Grallipeza nebulosa
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Wow, what big stilts you have! - Grallipeza nebulosa
Copyright © 2007 Scott Nelson

Wow, what big stilts you have! - Grallipeza nebulosa
Lakelanld, Polk County, Florida, USA
June 24, 2007
Size: 13 mm
This one was perhaps ready for take off. Fun to see his very long legs.
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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 24 June, 2007 - 3:47pm
Last updated 15 June, 2009 - 4:59pm

Moved
Moved from Micropeza.
… Joel Kits, 15 June, 2009 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Taeniapterinae.
… Scott Nelson, 25 June, 2007 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

Micro
I think this is in the other subfamily and likely in the genus Micropeza proper.
… Herschel Raney, 25 June, 2007 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

 
what makes you think it's micropeza?
as far as i know, the ways to distinguish the subfamilies Micropezinae and Taeniapterinae are venation and head chaetotaxy, neither of which I can see in this photo. If you compare the shape of this fly's head to the other Micropeza here, they are slightly different. If you know some characters I don't, could you please explain them? i'm just looking to learn
… Keith Bayless, 26 June, 2007 - 1:39am login or register to post comments

Wow!
What a beauty!
… john and jane balaban, 24 June, 2007 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

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