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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Nerioidea » Stilt-legged Flies (Micropezidae) » Taeniapterinae » Calobatina » Calobatina geometra
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Stilt-legged Fly - Calobatina geometra
Copyright © 2011 Robert Lord Zimlich

Stilt-legged Fly - Calobatina geometra
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
May 27, 2011
Hope I have enough info for ID this fly. It was constantly moving, scarfing up whiteflies.

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Stilt-legged Fly - Calobatina geometra Stilt-legged Fly - Calobatina geometra
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 28 May, 2011 - 9:21pm
Last updated 25 May, 2019 - 10:45am

Moved
Moved from Rainieria antennaepes.
… Natalie Hernandez, 25 May, 2019 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

Calobatina geometra
Rainieria have brighter red eyes, mostly white prothoracic tarsi, and a dark spot in the middle of the wings.

This specimen has dark red eyes, the prothoracic tarsi are half black, and there is no dark spot on the wings.
… Natalie Hernandez, 25 May, 2019 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies. Not entirely sure, but we have an expert who will correct.
… John F. Carr, 28 May, 2011 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

Stilt-legged Fly
Rainieria antennaepes?

… Yurika Alexander, 28 May, 2011 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

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