Long-Legged Fly - note metalic green/coppery color

 Long-Legged Fly

 

 

Common Name:  Long-Legged Fly

Latin Name:  Family Dolichopodidae
                        (R. Bercha, det.)

Length:   8 mm

Range: Throughout Alberta

Habitat:  Marshy places and meadows

Time of year seen:  Summer (Additional Sightings)

Diet:  Insects

Note genitalia folded under and aristate antennae
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Location: Calgary, AB
Date: Jun. 16, 2005

Long-Legged Fly Wing
                  
Photos:
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