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

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 3 February, 2016 - 1:09pm
Last updated 17 September, 2024 - 12:22pm

Moved
Moved from Empis spectabilis.
… John F. Carr, 17 September, 2024 - 12:22pm

Moved
Moved from Empis.
… John F. Carr, 14 April, 2018 - 6:31pm

Moved
Moved from Dance Flies.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 4 March, 2016 - 1:40pm

Moved to Dance Flies
Moved from Flies.

Perhaps Empis spectabilis, based on "the way the genitalia are bent downward is distinctive."
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 3 February, 2016 - 1:59pm

 
Empis
It's an Empis, and it could be spectabilis. That is supposed to be a more northern species.
… John F. Carr, 3 February, 2016 - 7:41pm

 
Empis caeligena
Turns out the Alabama version of Empis spectabilis is Empis caeligena. It lacks the swollen hind femur.
… John F. Carr, 17 September, 2024 - 12:22pm

Empididae
Empididae
Compare mouthparts.
… Bill Dean, 3 February, 2016 - 1:18pm

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