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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Phantom and Fold-winged Crane Flies (Ptychopteridae) » Bittacomorpha » Eastern Phantom Crane Fly (Bittacomorpha clavipes)
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fly - Bittacomorpha clavipes
Copyright © 2009 Matt Edmonds

fly - Bittacomorpha clavipes
stone mountain, Georgia, USA
July 1, 2009
Size: body 1.5 inches
ID?
This was BY FAR the most unusual fly I've ever seen. I found him flying around inside a building. He flew in EXACTLY the same pose as he is perched on this wall, legs outstretched and in the same posture - body verticle to the ground. Slow flight but incredibly interesting. I ran for my camera and got this shot before he took off and disappeared :o(
So cool!
Thanks for ID help.
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 15 August, 2009 - 12:43pm
Last updated 15 August, 2009 - 6:58pm

thanks!
thanks!
… Matt Edmonds, 16 August, 2009 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. "The common “phantom crane fly” may be easily recognized by the black and white banded legs and conspicuously swollen basitarsi." The Crane Flies of Pennsylvania
… John F. Carr, 15 August, 2009 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

I'm not an expert,
but try looking at phantom crane flies.
… Domingo Zungri, 15 August, 2009 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

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