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Critter - Compsobata univitta
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Critter - Compsobata univitta
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 17, 2008
Size: 8mm
It is eating something small and winged.

[2009 edit: I see now prey is a midge, Chironominae]

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Critter - Compsobata univitta Fly - Compsobata univitta
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 17 May, 2008 - 7:29pm
Last updated 15 June, 2009 - 5:09pm

Moved
Moved from Stilt-legged Flies.
… Joel Kits, 15 June, 2009 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

Fly
I don't really know what kind, but it reminds me of a dance fly I once photographed in MT.
… Lynette Schimming, 17 May, 2008 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Acalyptratae?
I'm finding similar families under Acalyptratae, but so far the similar families are too small to be this one.
… John F. Carr, 17 May, 2008 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

 
oh yes,
matches stilt-legged fly very well I think.
… Lynette Schimming, 17 May, 2008 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Good match
As usual, Tom Murray seems to have found a similar specimen in Massachusetts.

… John F. Carr, 19 May, 2008 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

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