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Spotting

Description:

Pretty iridescent fly. small about half a centimeter.

Habitat:

Fairly common in this area, frequently found around flowering and fruiting plants. photographed this one in community college butterfly garden.

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LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 9 years ago

It's a member of the Longlegged Flies, but I couldn't tell you which. Though it is likely in the subfamily Sciapodinae
http://bugguide.net/node/view/12491

Dett
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Dett

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Spotted on Sep 19, 2014
Submitted on Sep 19, 2014

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