Asian Long Legged Fly

Description:

Asian Long Legged Fly - Genus: Condylostylus, Family: Dolichopodidae. Dolichopodidae are medium sized or minute flies (1 mm- 9 mm) flies with long and slender legs and predominantly greenish metallic lustrous in colour. Other species are dull yellow, brown or black.

Habitat:

The adults occur in a wide range of habitats, near water or in meadows, woodland edges and in gardens.

Notes:

Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, make up a large family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera distributed worldwide. Adults are often seen in a characteristic predatory posture standing high on their legs on the ground or on vegetation, on tree trunks and on rocks and some species walk about on the water surface. The adults are predators, feeding on small invertebrates including Collembola, aphids, and the larvae of oligochaetes.