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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Dance Flies (Empididae) » Empidinae » Rhamphomyia » Long-tailed Dance Fly (Rhamphomyia longicauda)
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Long-tailed Dance Fly - Rhamphomyia longicauda - male
Copyright © 2012 Nancy Kent

Long-tailed Dance Fly - Rhamphomyia longicauda - Male
Radford, Virginia, USA
May 23, 2012
I'd like an ID, please.
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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 24 May, 2012 - 8:39am
Last updated 18 May, 2018 - 6:30pm

Moved
Moved from Dance Flies.
… john and jane balaban, 4 August, 2012 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
J & J, I appreciate the species ID!
… Nancy Kent, 5 August, 2012 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 24 May, 2012 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

Diptera...
A fly... makes me think of a soldier fly of some kind, but no worries -- I'm confident someone with get you a better ID!
… Michael Battenberg, 24 May, 2012 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

 
Sure...
...somewhere in Empidoidea. I would guess something like this .
… Bjoern Rulik, 24 May, 2012 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

 
probably same species
This does look like R. longicauda, though you can just barely see the long "tail".
… Isaac Winkler, 4 August, 2012 - 1:55am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
Bjoern, I appreciate knowing the family!
… Nancy Kent, 24 May, 2012 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

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