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Photo#956868
small wasp - Taeniaptera

small wasp - Taeniaptera
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 12, 2014
Size: 8mm body
found outside on a window pane, and very cautious before I was finally able to capture it in a specimen container. hoping for help with an ID as it appears to be a small wasp.

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Moved from Taeniapterinae.

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fly
Looks like a fly in the Family Micropezidae - Stilt-legged Flies. Compare the antennas of wasps and flies and you'll be able to quickly spot the difference between a wasp and a fly.

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