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Long-Legged Fly
Dolichopodidae
-23.0241, -45.5521
Field Notes
Description:
Species vary in appearance and biology. Adults are medium to small slender flies normally with green, blue or copper <1 mm up to 9 mm, usually under 5 mm
metallic colored bodies and long legs. Their wings are clear or marked with darker areas towards the wing tips. Wing venation is characteristic.
Habitat:
Lightly shaded areas near swamps and streams, in meadows and woodlands.
Notes:
Larvae develop in wet to dry soil and pupate in cocoons made up of soil particles cemented together. Pupae have of a pair of long, dorsal prothoracic respiratory horns and a pair of frontofacial sutures
Adults mate after elaborate and unique behavior, involving the males displaying their legs or wings to the female.
Reference Links:
Family Dolichopodidae - Longlegged Flies - BugGuide.Net
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2016
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