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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Medeterinae » Medetera
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Odd little fly - Medetera
Copyright © 2008 Duncan C

Odd little fly - Medetera
Great Falls, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 2, 2008
Size: About 2mm
I've never seen a fly quite like this one. It was tiny, and stood erect on its legs.

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odd little fly
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Contributed by Duncan C on 2 July, 2008 - 5:29pm
Last updated 6 July, 2008 - 12:55pm

Not an ID
but reminds me of some of the less-colorful long-legged flies in the Medetera genus - see for example:



and

… Ken Schneider, 2 July, 2008 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

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GREAT picture!! (don't know what it is though....sorry)
… Matt Edmonds, 2 July, 2008 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

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