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Fly - Sphaeromias longipennis - female
Copyright © 2013 Bill Keim

Fly - Sphaeromias longipennis - Female
Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 5, 2013
Size: 6 mm.
Wooded path near a stream.

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Fly - Sphaeromias longipennis - female Fly - Sphaeromias longipennis - female Fly - Sphaeromias longipennis - female
Contributed by Bill Keim on 6 June, 2013 - 7:58pm
Last updated 6 June, 2013 - 10:39pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 6 June, 2013 - 10:39pm

Predatory midge
This is either Sphaeromiini or Palpomyiini. If you have any more pictures, look under the last tarsal segments and see if there are stout, black hairs underneath. An accurate size might help too; how did you come up with 6 mm?
… John F. Carr, 6 June, 2013 - 8:10pm

 
Size
I measured total length from head to wingtips: 6 mm. Apparently I should have measured only the length of the wings, which would have come out to ~4.3 mm.
… Bill Keim, 7 June, 2013 - 4:28am

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