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Doing pull-ups - Helius flavipes - male
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Doing pull-ups - Helius flavipes - Male
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 27, 2009
Size: 6 mm
I'm posting this fly in three pieces because I couldn't get a clear picture of the whole thing. It was on the bottom of a leaf raising and lowering its whole body (a behavior of Limonia communis, but that species has a much longer beak than this fly).

Next to swamp.

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Doing pull-ups - Helius flavipes - male Wing veins - Helius flavipes - male Thorax - Helius flavipes
Contributed by John F. Carr on 29 July, 2009 - 9:00pm
Last updated 5 August, 2009 - 5:51pm

Moved
Moved from Limoniid Crane Flies.
… Chen Young, 5 August, 2009 - 9:03am

This is a male
of Helix flavipes . Notice the slightly elongate beak, this is one of the characters for this genus. Here is info on their biology. - Chen
… Chen Young, 5 August, 2009 - 9:02am

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