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Diptera: Micropezidae

Stilt-legged flies (Micropezidae)

A pair at Merotai, Tawau, 2006

The family names on this page are the photographer's own, from his old fly pages; they have not been checked by a specialist or on iNaturalist. Dates come from the camera or from the date printed on the photograph.

Stilt-legged flies are slender flies with very long legs; many look like ants or wasps and walk with the front legs held up like antennae.

Order Diptera · Family Micropezidae (stilt-legged flies).

19 September 2006 — Merotai, a pair

Two slender long-legged flies with red eyes, one on top of the other, on a green leaf.
19 Sep 2006, 15:18, a pair on a leaf.
Two long-legged brown flies with red eyes on a leaf, seen closer.
19 Sep 2006, 15:15, closer.

Canon PowerShot A410; 18 frames. Place from the label on the old page's photograph (Merotai).

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