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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Acalyptratae » Stilt-legged Flies (Micropezidae) » Calobatinae » Compsobata » Compsobata univitta
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Stilt-legged Fly eating a small fly - Compsobata univitta
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Stilt-legged Fly eating a small fly - Compsobata univitta
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
July 23, 2005
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Contributed by tom murray on 30 July, 2005 - 12:06am
Last updated 15 June, 2009 - 5:04pm

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

Stilt kill
Had never seen one with a kill of any kind. They always seemed preoccupied with attracting mates and mating.

With new info I think Tom's clear-winged species is in the genus Micropeza. This is the big genera and I don't have ranges for the sixteen species. This may be a male and side shots on males are almost genus level specific. A little more down angle and I could see.
… Herschel Raney, 30 July, 2005 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

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