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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Predatory Fungus Gnats (Keroplatidae) » Macrocera » Macrocera formosa
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fly with long antennae - Macrocera formosa - female
Copyright © 2010 David Guzman

fly with long antennae - Macrocera formosa - Female
Raleigh, wake County, North Carolina, USA
April 2, 2010
Size: 10 to 15 mm
please ID
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Contributed by David Guzman on 3 April, 2010 - 10:28pm
Last updated 9 September, 2018 - 4:56pm

Moved
Moved from Macrocera. Tentative, see discussion here
… John R. Maxwell, 21 April, 2015 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 19 April, 2010 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

Strange looking fly
It's a strange-looking one; I've never seen one with such Ichneumon-like antennae.

However, Bugguide has some that look similar: Keroplatids in Macrocera. Some of the specimens photographed there have very long antennae--plus similar abdominal markings.
… Peter Edelman, 3 April, 2010 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks for the ID
If it is a Keroplatid, then I also have an image of a larvae of this family on my image set.
… David Guzman, 4 April, 2010 - 6:12am login or register to post comments

 
i'm sure this is it -- great call, Peter!
i'm learning awesome stuff every day here...
… v belov, 3 April, 2010 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Same here :)
Same here :)
… Peter Edelman, 4 April, 2010 - 12:02am login or register to post comments

wow. what an impressive braconid mimic! no idea...
i so want to see its head

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 3 April, 2010 - 10:53pm login or register to post comments

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