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What type of fly is this?

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#1 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 25 2024 - 1:35 PM

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I found a fly and I want to know what type it is and if it is rare. Pics:

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Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#2 Offline mbullock42086 - Posted August 25 2024 - 2:13 PM

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Condylostylus longicornis, a long-legged fly. predatory on small soft-bodied insects

 


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#3 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 25 2024 - 3:56 PM

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Condylostylus longicornis, a long-legged fly. predatory on small soft-bodied insects

will it eat small frozen flys? Also, is it rare or common?

“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#4 Offline mbullock42086 - Posted August 25 2024 - 5:08 PM

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Condylostylus longicornis, a long-legged fly. predatory on small soft-bodied insects

will it eat small frozen flys? Also, is it rare or common?

 

they will eat fruit flies or any small soft-bodied prey.

very common, pupates in soil, larvae predaceous scavengers

technically a type of near-robberfly, lifecycle much the same as in asilidae 


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