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Fly with 'funny feet' and holoptic eyes. Calotarsa. - Calotarsa pallipes - male

Fly with 'funny feet' and holoptic eyes. Calotarsa. - Calotarsa pallipes - Male
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
October 4, 2013

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Fly with 'funny feet' and holoptic eyes. Calotarsa. - Calotarsa pallipes - male Fly with 'funny feet' and holoptic eyes. Calotarsa. - Calotarsa pallipes - male Fly with 'funny feet' and holoptic eyes. Calotarsa. - Calotarsa pallipes - male

Amazingly cool fly
excellent find

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Southernmost record?
Kessel (1963) did not record Calotarsa pallipes south of D.C.

 
Is this species host specific to ...
... mushrooms?

 
Mushrooms
Larvae eat mushrooms. I don't know if this species uses more than one species of mushroom.

Platypezidae
Looks like it might be this one or close to it.

 
I do believe it to be Calotarsa ...

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