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Fly - Empis spectabilis - male

Fly - Empis spectabilis - Male
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
February 3, 2016
Size: ~8mm (overall)
Perhaps a Empis?

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Moved
Moved from Empis.

Moved
Moved from Dance Flies.

Moved to Dance Flies
Moved from Flies.

Perhaps Empis spectabilis, based on "the way the genitalia are bent downward is distinctive."

 
Empis
It's an Empis, and it could be spectabilis. That is supposed to be a more northern species.

Empididae
Empididae
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