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PitterCol Yumbo, Colombia May 30, 2022

What would this be?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 31, 2022

It's a long-legged fly (family Dolichopodidae); see https://www.markeisingbirding.com/index/dolichopodidae-sp-long-legged-fly-sp for another example.Some 30 species of these have been reported from Colombia. In spite of their appearance, these are fierce predators on other small insects - https://bioone.org/journals/florida-entomologist/volume-100/issue-2/024.100.0243/Predatory-Behavior-of-Long-Legged-Flies-Diptera--Dolichopodidae-and/10.1653/024.100.0243.full

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PitterCol Yumbo, Colombia May 31, 2022

Fascinating! Thank you very much.

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