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Bad Fly - Xiphydria mellipes - female

Bad Fly - Xiphydria mellipes - Female
Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
December 1, 2010
Size: 3/4 of an inch long
3/4 of an inch long, 1/16 of an inch wide, wings tight against body when alive, head tucked against front of body when alive, i.e. very long and thin, very active, antennae wave around all the time, antennae stick straight out the front when alive, it was found inside a house

Xiphydriidae
OK for Xiphydria mellipes. If found in a building, possibly emerged from firewood - especially in December.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

fem. Xiphydria -- will ask around about species

 
appears to be X. mellipes
female

Not a fly.
Looks like a Wood Wasp of some kind--maybe something in/near Xiphydria:



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