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Fly - Dilophus
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Fly - Dilophus
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
May 10, 2009
Size: 4mm (5/32")
This is a very strange looking fly. At first I thought it's abdomen was gone but after looking closer it looks to me more like a dragonfly abdomen....long and thin.

Please help with ID.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 11 May, 2009 - 10:33am
Last updated 16 May, 2009 - 10:20am

Moved
Moved from March Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 16 May, 2009 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

Yes...
This is a cool image because it is an optical illusion. At first glance, the brain is fooled into thinking that the right leg is attached to the thorax (as the abdomen), while the "real" abdomen is partially hidden under the left wing. In any event, this fly does seem to meet the criteria for the family Bibionidae.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3834
… Ross Hill, 14 May, 2009 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

Maybe a March Fly
Could be Bibio. It seems to have front tibial spurs, but small, and some species have some wing veins unpigmented. But I'm not sure.
… John F. Carr, 11 May, 2009 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Dilophus, male
Note also crest of spines on thorax anterodorsally.
… Matthias Buck, 16 May, 2009 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

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