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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Dance Flies (Empididae) » Empidinae » Empis » subgenus Anacrostichus (Empis subgenus Anacrostichus) » Empis spectabilis
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Bibio sp. March fly - Empis spectabilis - female
Copyright © 2013 Matt O'Donnell

Bibio sp. March fly - Empis spectabilis - Female
Occoquan Regional Park, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
April 28, 2013
I didn't see any in the guide that had stripes on the thorax like this.
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Contributed by Matt O'Donnell on 28 April, 2013 - 7:50pm
Last updated 17 September, 2024 - 3:07pm

Moved
Moved from Empis.
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Moved
Moved from Dance Flies.
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Dance Fly
Something like this?

… Yurika Alexander, 28 April, 2013 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
You are right, that's much more like it. I see some overall differences, but the two groups look very similar even though they aren't closely related. Thanks!
… Matt O'Donnell, 28 April, 2013 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

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