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Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

sorry for the poor quality photo, this was the only shot I could get of these 2 flies(?) mating. they are such a unique looking fly, I thought they were worthy of posting.

Habitat:

rainforest, 1000m

Notes:

Spotted in Gunung Merapi national park.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Dan Doucette
Cool thanks Chun. I like that common name. Still looking for a good match.
ChunXingWong
Interesting. They could be Dance Flies (Empididae)

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PublishedOctober 18, 2014

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