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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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Fly - Empis spectabilis
Copyright © 2013 Peter J. Crockett

Fly - Empis spectabilis
Highland Forest, Onondaga County, New York, USA
May 19, 2013
Size: 10mm
Found browsing in leaf litter on the forest floor. Not a rapid flyer.

It looks like a fly, but I thought it was interesting that the wings are not fully transparent and it folds them across the back when at rest.

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Contributed by Peter J. Crockett on 22 May, 2013 - 8:24am
Last updated 20 September, 2014 - 1:52am

Moved
Moved from Empis.
… John S. Ascher, 20 September, 2014 - 1:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 30 May, 2013 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

Cool catch
Nice shot.
… Gary R. McClellan, 22 May, 2013 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

Maybe something near
Empidinae
… John R. Maxwell, 22 May, 2013 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Empis sp.
… Matt Bertone, 23 May, 2013 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

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