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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Dolichopodinae
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Fly ID - male
Copyright © 2008 Scott Justis

Fly ID - Male
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
May 18, 2008
Size: ~4mm
What's up with the water under the abdomen? Looks like it's taking a leak :-/
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Contributed by Scott Justis on 18 May, 2008 - 9:07pm

Male longlegged fly.
Nice shot of a male fly in the Dolichopodidae. That is not water you are seeing. It is the shiny reflection off the claspers, which in many dolichopodids are enlarged greatly and carried curled underneath the abdomen like this. Very good image!
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 May, 2008 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric!
I appreciate the info. I need to get some higher magnification images of those claspers some day :^).
… Scott Justis, 18 May, 2008 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

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