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Attractive Fly, Perching Upside Down
Stephen
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 This nice-looking fly perched upside down, from the underside of a leaf.

Family Bibionidae, perhaps? Any ID help would be appreciated.

Woodland, near meadows, West Virginia USA. Photographed 22 April 2007. Length 7.4 mm.
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 not bibionidae.
Empididae?
 
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 The realtively short proboscis does suggest a species of Rhamphomyia. Wing venation could confirm that suggestion.
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 Empis
 
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 Empis spectabilis Loew, 1862
 
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 I think this is Promachus rufipes, red footed robber fly
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 www.potd.com.au/gallery/albums/userpics/12616/normal_flyicide.jpg
Promachus rufipes
Red Footed Robber Fly or Cannibal Fly with a Mantidfly
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 Definitely no robberfly: no depression between eyes, proboscis pointing downward rather than forward, and a host of other jizzy characters. I am little familiar with the North American empids, but if Igor says Empis spectabilis, I have no reason to doubt his identification.
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 Thank you, Paul! Indeed, I had a chance to study this species.
Igor
 
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