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Delphinia picta

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Field Notes

Description:

The adult is readily recognized by the distinctive wing pattern, shiny blackish - brown with slight overtones of yellow in a few places on a hyaline background. Average length of wing is 6 mm and average body length from head to tip of abdomen excluding the ovipositor is 7 mm. Head and thorax are light brown; abdomen black; legs light brown to yellowish brown.

Habitat:

Herbaceous vegetation, refuse heaps, deciduous woodlands, and at the edges of wooded swamps.

Reference Links:

UF/IFAS - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Species ID Suggestions

Signal Fly

Senopterina varia

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ForestDragon
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Comments (1)
ForestDragon
Cool find! The pattern on the wings and the body shape look to match Senopterina varia a bit better, to me. Please compare here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/5919

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