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Stilt-legged fly's interaction with ants - Taeniaptera trivittata

Stilt-legged fly's interaction with ants - Taeniaptera trivittata
City of Richmond, Virginia, USA
October 13, 2021
Saw this stilt-legged fly on a plant growing along a cow pasture fence. Took a closer look and saw ants that seemed to dislike the fly's presence, one even ran at the fly causing it to fly downward. I'm assuming the ants were watching over the aphids and guarding them from the fly, although I didn't know these flies posed a risk to aphids.

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