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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Picture-winged Flies (Ulidiidae) » Otitinae » Myennidini » Callopistromyia » Peacock Fly (Callopistromyia annulipes)
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Callopistromyia annulipes? - Callopistromyia annulipes - male
Copyright © 2014 James Reben

Callopistromyia annulipes? - Callopistromyia annulipes - Male
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
May 21, 2014
There were a couple dozen of these on some logs in the splitting yard.
I think male and female...

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Contributed by James Reben on 22 May, 2014 - 9:36am

Moved
Moved from Picture-winged Flies.
… James Reben, 22 May, 2014 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

Yes - Peacock Flies…
The males "strut" with their wings upright to attract females.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 22 May, 2014 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
ID
Thanks for confirming it. They are really mellow little guys.
… James Reben, 22 May, 2014 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

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