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Dolichopodids, fairly small, metallic flies with large, prominent eyes

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One of the few surviving insects that I could find in my neighborhood after the campaign to exterminate mosquitoes.
I am sure most insects either migrated to a safe environment or die in the extermination campaign.
Many thanks to Tomatoskin for the ID on this:
Dolichopodidae is a large family of flies with approximately 6500 described species in about 200 genera distributed worldwide. These are generally fairly small, metallic flies with large, prominent eyes but otherwise they show considerable variation: most have long legs but some do not. The males often have enlarged genitalia which can be useful for species recognition. The adults are predatory on other small animals.

The larvae occupy a wide range of habitats, both terrestrial and aquatic, and can be predators or scavengers.

Dolichopodids are well represented in amber deposits throughout the world and the group has clearly been well distributed since the Cretaceous at the latest.

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  1. Parag Giri 40 months ago | reply

    Great macro!

  2. Milusa 38 months ago | reply

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  3. Mike Short of Baildon 36 months ago | reply

    excellent capture - thanks for the info

  4. WITCH'S 35 months ago | reply

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  5. ganybhat 32 months ago | reply

    wow . Great shot!

  6. °MILU° 32 months ago | reply

    stupenda...

  7. guidosky 32 months ago | reply

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  8. dragonflydreams88 30 months ago | reply

    . . . incredible!!

  9. FNphotos 28 months ago | reply

    Excellent exposure, I like the light on background!

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  11. tsuping.liu 13 months ago | reply

    Excellent image.

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  17. Lotarinos 2 months ago | reply

    stupenda macro,ottimo colori e luce,complimenti.

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