Long-Tailed Dance Fly

I just found another article detailing the mating ritual. It appears that deception is pretty common with both genders in the process! I'll post this link under Reference. http://www.cirrusimage.com/flies_dance_Rhamphomyia.htm

Thanks David and Luis! I was surprised to learn that these are the females. I guess I just stereotyped nature a bit assuming these would be the males:)

Hema Shah, you just made me laugh:) Thanks. On that note, I found an interesting description in the comments of a Bugguide page if you are interested in what they really do: http://bugguide.net/node/view/8949

Thanks Rob! I think this is one of my favorite pics this year just because it is so odd. Those legs are something out of a sci-fi movie.