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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Acalyptratae » Stilt-legged Flies (Micropezidae) » Taeniapterinae » Taeniaptera » Taeniaptera trivittata
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Dancing Fly - Taeniaptera trivittata
Copyright © 2006 Susan Ellis

Dancing Fly - Taeniaptera trivittata
Brandywine, MD, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
June 3, 2006
Size: medium
This fly was doing a very interesting "dance" waving its front feet. Has to be some reason--especially since those white feet really are obvious.
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Contributed by Susan Ellis on 7 June, 2006 - 3:54am
Last updated 16 June, 2009 - 11:42am

Moved
Moved from Taeniaptera.
… John R. Maxwell, 16 June, 2009 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Taeniapterinae.
… Joel Kits, 15 June, 2009 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Stilt-legged Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 8 March, 2007 - 1:19am login or register to post comments

Micropezid
I think this is Rainieria again. Which may be the most common Micropezid in the woodlands of the east outside of Florida. I have seen images of Compsobata and Micropeza this month. I urge everyone to shoot these flies and observe behavior.
… Herschel Raney, 7 June, 2006 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
This one looks to have the dull thorax
of Taeniaptera, so we didn't move it
… john and jane balaban, 23 June, 2006 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

Stilt-legged fly
Specifically, perhaps this one (below) - there's a distinctive wing pattern which I think I also see on yours. Those rapidly moving front legs simulate wasp or ant antennae, I think.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 7 June, 2006 - 6:11am login or register to post comments

 
Correct and correct!
This is Taeniaptera trivittata and the fore leg waving is used to imitate ichneumonid wasps.
… Morgan Jackson, 16 June, 2009 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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