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Empididae or what?
Copyright © 2006 Ed Johnson

Empididae or what?
Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas, USA
March 9, 2006
Size: ~3 mm
A number of these little fellows are collecting under my garage lights.

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Empididae or what? Empididae or what?
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Contributed by Ed Johnson on 9 March, 2006 - 6:52pm
Last updated 27 June, 2006 - 12:09pm

Braconid
I'm betting on Braconid, because abdominal stalk appears fairly broad. This is one of the general features that can usually be used to tell braconids from ichneumonids.
… Stacey Gingras, 19 April, 2006 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

Right!
Omar is quite right, this is not Diptera, but Hymenoptera. And indeed I would go for Ichneumonidae too, although Braconidae is also possible. For this distinction there aren't enough details visible on these pictures!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 10 March, 2006 - 6:54am login or register to post comments

....
the wing folding make me think Hymenoptera, not Diptera.

the many segments on the antennae lead me to beleive this is an Ichneuomon wasp?????

we'll wait for more comments
… Omar Fahmy, 9 March, 2006 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

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