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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Nerioidea » Stilt-legged Flies (Micropezidae) » Taeniapterinae » Grallipeza » Grallipeza nebulosa
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Bright Red South Carolina critter - Grallipeza nebulosa
Copyright © 2010 hel3

Bright Red South Carolina critter - Grallipeza nebulosa
Folly Beach, South Carolina, USA
May 15, 2010
The bug is quite small - certainly smaller than a centimeter - and appeared to be eating (?) a pupa of some sort (?).
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Contributed by hel3 on 24 May, 2010 - 8:09am
Last updated 27 July, 2010 - 12:34am

Moved
Moved from Stilt-legged Flies.
… Joel Kits, 27 July, 2010 - 12:34am login or register to post comments

Likely a Grallipeza sp.
Likely a Grallipeza sp.
… Morgan Jackson, 15 July, 2010 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Martin Hauser, 24 May, 2010 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

Diptera, possibly family Stra
Diptera, possibly family Stratiomyidae
… Rikki Hall, 24 May, 2010 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

Not an ID, but ...
Maybe a Stilt-legged Fly? Could be a place to start while awaiting an expert ...
… T. Gilliam, 24 May, 2010 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
Micropezidae it is, Stratiomyidae it is *not*.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 May, 2010 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

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