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mating Long-legged Flies - Dolichopus - male - female
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

mating Long-legged Flies - Dolichopus - Male Female
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 29, 2006
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Contributed by tom murray on 25 September, 2006 - 9:06pm
Last updated 25 October, 2006 - 9:10pm

Thanks dr Pollet
Those dorsal bristles are distinctive now that I know to look for them.
… tom murray, 25 October, 2006 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

Dolichopus sp.
This a copulating couple, most probably conspecific ..., belonging to the genus Dolichopus (see dorsal bristles on metatarsus III)
… dr Marc Pollet, 25 October, 2006 - 5:41am login or register to post comments

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