Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

long-legged fly

Description:

A small unidentified long-legged fly (Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae). There are a diversity of long-legged fly species at this location. Often seen in afternoon sunlight, they just happen to cast fine shadows.

Habitat:

Observed in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Aug 25, 2013
Submitted on Jul 16, 2014

Related Spottings

Long-legged Fly Long-legged fly Condylostylus Long-legged Fly Long-legged fly

Nearby Spottings

jumping spider dragonfly bean bug singing cicada
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team