
Insect or Invertebrates Identification
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
The fly is a robber fly. Klippie can offer more specifics 

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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
I am useless with robber flies, but just for the fun of guessing: Alcimus sp.
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
A tiny bug, 5mm, Marloth October:

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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Is it on a tree trunk, a pole?
This kind of context is an important clue, please always report where you found it
Night?
This kind of context is an important clue, please always report where you found it
Night?
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Daytime, deck of the house! 

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The black dot is the eye!
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
That looks right!



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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Likely a species of the mega diverse genus Longitarsus
They look like this
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax ... xid=167625
In the Afrotropical Region, the genus Longitarsus includes about 120 described species, but many other yet undescribed taxa exist.
They look like this
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax ... xid=167625
In the Afrotropical Region, the genus Longitarsus includes about 120 described species, but many other yet undescribed taxa exist.