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stilt-legged fly

Micropezidae

Habitat:

city garden

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11 Comments

MediyansyahTaharani
MediyansyahTaharani 12 years ago

thanks... and edited.

AlessandraRungChaves
AlessandraRungChaves 12 years ago

Most likely, Micropezidae, as pointed out above.

MediyansyahTaharani
MediyansyahTaharani 12 years ago

thank wonju.brian, yes it has the eyes of flies.

wonju.brian
wonju.brian 12 years ago

a type of fly

MediyansyahTaharani
MediyansyahTaharani 12 years ago

yes JuanDiTrani, they look very similar to me :)

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

I think the white marks are for mimetizing a Campopleginae Ichneumonid wasp

MediyansyahTaharani
MediyansyahTaharani 12 years ago

thanks pablo... And, yes auntnance123, I agree it is Insects of the order Diptera (fly, bee).

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

yep, its a fly, probably a Micropezidae

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

I think it's a kind of fly. Love the white "socks"--we have the same or similar bug here in Florida

pabloheitmeyer
pabloheitmeyer 12 years ago

cool looking wasp

Malang, Jawa Timur, Indonesia

Spotted on Jun 8, 2011
Submitted on Jun 8, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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