Spring fishfly

Hi Marthy, glad to help. I found a female Spring Fishfly last June at a local county park when I was camping last year. They are pretty interesting. The female Spring Fishflies have different antennae than the males as you can see in my picture: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/12025891

Cool find! This is a species of Fishfly, Genus Chauliodes. There is a good chance that this is a Spring Fishfly, Chauliodes rastricornis, because of the time of year but it is warmer in Florida and I don't know if Summer Fishflies are out earlier there. They are very similar in appearance with some minor coloration differences. It is a bit difficult to tell the colors in your picture. So I am not sure. here are links to the pages for both species from Bugguide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/8569 http://bugguide.net/node/view/8568