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Dance fly (female)

Empis clausa

Photo by Aaron_G
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Field Notes

Description:

"Feathery legs, long proboscis, spots on wing = Empis (Coptophlebia) clausa" -- Isaac Winkler (information from BugGuide)

Habitat:

Backyard - feeding on the flowers of a butterflybush

Reference Links:

Species Empis clausa - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Dance Fly

Empididae

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Tom15
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Dance Fly

Empis clausa

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stho002
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Comments (9)
Aaron_G
Thanks for all the help on this one! :-)
stho002
This pic is a pretty much exact match: http://bugguide.net/node/view/55394
Aaron_G
Thanks, Cindy. I guess it would help if I went and read the BugGuide link that was shared. ;-) So this type of fly is sexed just like the horse fly. (I learned the method and shared it with this spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38042074 )
Aaron_G
Thank you, stho002. So it's the fringes on the legs that tell us it's a female?
Aaron_G
Wow, that didn't take long. Thanks, Tom!

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PublishedOctober 23, 2013

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