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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Dance Flies (Empididae) » Empidinae » Empis
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Dance Fly - Empis
Copyright © 2004 Stephen_WV

Dance Fly - Empis
Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
June 3, 1990
Found on a daisy in a West Virginia meadow.
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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 12 August, 2004 - 7:04am
Last updated 19 July, 2006 - 3:09pm

Compare this photo
This looks virtually the same as this photo from North Carolina:



Everybody agree with this--that they are the same genus?

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 8 December, 2004 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

 
Apologies
Patrick, It has only taken me two and a quarter years to respond to your comment and Paul's additional comment.

You have me convinced (and no, I wasn't pondering this for the full two years!) and I'm moving to the page for Rhamphomyia. Thanks again for the ID help.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 6 March, 2006 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
No problem...
Hey, no problem on the time lag--I've got some "to do's" about that old here.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 6 March, 2006 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Almost...
See remark in your own posting. It is Rhamphomyia, probably it's sister genus.

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 8 December, 2004 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

dance fly
This is a species of dance fly (family Empididae) of the genus Empis. The most strinking behaviour is their swarming. Males catch an insect as nuptial gift for the female. In the mating swarms the partner is selected, the gift is transferred and the couple leave the swarm.

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 16 August, 2004 - 6:57am login or register to post comments

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