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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Hydrophorinae » Scellus
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Fly - Scellus
Copyright © 2009 Carol Davis

Fly - Scellus
Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah, USA
June 19, 2009
Size: 1/2 inch
Looks like a mini robber fly. He's got a stubby abdomen. Maybe a dance fly or a long-legged fly?
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Contributed by Carol Davis on 22 June, 2009 - 8:35am
Last updated 18 April, 2013 - 8:29pm

Moved
Moved from Hydrophorinae.
… John F. Carr, 18 April, 2013 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Longlegged Flies.
… John F. Carr, 3 July, 2012 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

Antennae
Antennae are like Rhaphium but the rest of it looks different.
… John F. Carr, 22 November, 2010 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Just something
a little similar (copper back, legs, and wings, but maybe not the head)
http://diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=6635

Also, the wings match this one
… John R. Maxwell, 20 January, 2012 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies. Probably an interesting genus but I don't know which.
… Keith Bayless, 23 June, 2009 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Thanks, Keith.
… Carol Davis, 23 June, 2009 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

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