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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Scuttle Flies (Phoridae) » Metopininae » Lecanocerus » Lecanocerus compressiceps
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Phoridae - wow antennae - Lecanocerus compressiceps - male
Copyright © 2011 MJ Hatfield

Phoridae - wow antennae - Lecanocerus compressiceps - Male
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 4, 2008
Size: 2.5 mm
Distinctive antennae. Might this be Lecanocerus compressiceps?
Woodland Malaise Trap 14-Jul-2008 to 4-Aug-2008

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Phoridae - wow antennae - Lecanocerus compressiceps - male Phoridae - lateral - Lecanocerus compressiceps - male Fly - dorsal - Lecanocerus compressiceps - male Fly - end of abdomen - Lecanocerus compressiceps - male Phoridae - wing - Lecanocerus compressiceps - male
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 17 November, 2011 - 9:46am
Last updated 5 February, 2013 - 8:28pm

Moved
Moved from Scuttle Flies.
… MJ Hatfield, 5 February, 2013 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

yes, Lecanocerus compressicep
yes, Lecanocerus compressiceps
… Brian V. Brown, 5 February, 2013 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh Brian,
thank you, thank you, thank you. I just knew that someone had to know this wild looking fly. Just wonderful and thanks again.
… MJ Hatfield, 5 February, 2013 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

neat fly
looks similar to
… Brad Barnd, 18 November, 2011 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies for expert attention.
… Bjoern Rulik, 18 November, 2011 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 18 November, 2011 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

fly
Do you suppose they use their antenna like little antlers in fly fights? Sort of like the fruit flies were doing in the videos in last year's day of insects (I can't remember who had the video)?
I can imagine two flies standing face to face and pushing each other to prove which one was the strongest. There are a whole bunch of behaviorial things that could be involved with this.

Just speculating. This is a very interesting looking fly.
… Harlan Ratcliff, 18 November, 2011 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

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