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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae)
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Fly vs Fly
Copyright © 2018 Tim Turner

Fly vs Fly
Beavercreek, Greene County, Ohio, USA
June 5, 2018
I am thinking the predator may be in Muscidae, possibly something like Coenosia - Tiger Flies, and the prey Family Dolichopodidae - Longlegged Flies, maybe close to Condylostylus. Photographed on Achillea millefolium - Yarrow.

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Contributed by Tim Turner on 9 June, 2018 - 2:43pm
Last updated 9 June, 2018 - 4:42pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 9 June, 2018 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

Agree with your family ID on
Agree with your family ID on the prey, otherwise I'm not good enough with those two families to say anything futher. Nice set!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 9 June, 2018 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Kelsey
"Condylostylus" is just a guess based on coloration and the fact that longleggged flies of that genus are common in my yard. The other is even less certain ...
… Tim Turner, 9 June, 2018 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

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