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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Nerioidea » Stilt-legged Flies (Micropezidae) » Taeniapterinae » Taeniaptera » Taeniaptera trivittata
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sock wearing ant - Taeniaptera trivittata
Copyright © 2009 Martha Ramirez

sock wearing ant - Taeniaptera trivittata
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Size: over 1/2 inch
stumbled over this winged looking white sock wearing little antlike creature, wasn't sure if it BITES/Stings so only snapped off one macro shot before it flittered to another leaf, I have noticed the the lavender and hosta flower bed attracts more HOSTILE insects like wasp where as the rosegarden flower bed gets the docile flies and bees, but I try to be an equal opportunity gardener.
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Contributed by Martha Ramirez on 13 June, 2009 - 8:15am
Last updated 13 July, 2009 - 8:35pm

Moved
Moved from Stilt-legged Flies.
… Joel Kits, 13 July, 2009 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

i agree - stilt-legged fly
They have an interesting, almost funny looking, waving display behavior. Did you see it doing that?

… Andrew Williams, 13 June, 2009 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

 
why yes I did
I thought he was just PULLING UP HIS SOCKS!
… Martha Ramirez, 13 June, 2009 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

Not an ant
Ants have much longer and "angled" antennae. Your critter looks more like a Stilt-legged Fly - Micropezidae I found recently
… Marie L. Schmidt, 13 June, 2009 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

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