A female Long-tailed Dance Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/31/2017). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide.

View Record Details Photo by Richard Crook MBP List

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/11/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 520987 - Psn: 20)

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/11/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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A male Long-tailed Dance Fly in Baltimore City, Maryland (5/26/2007). Determined by Isaac Winkler/BugGuide.

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Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 237195 - Psn: 22)

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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A female Long-tailed Dance Fly in Carroll Co., Maryland (5/17/2019).

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Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/11/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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A female Long-tailed Dance Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/9/2017). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide.

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Long-tailed Dance Fly in Howard Co., Maryland (6/1/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1139108 - Psn: 55)

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Howard Co., Maryland (6/1/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A female Long-tailed Dance Fly in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/28/2017). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide.

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Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/1/2022). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 592424 - Psn: 65)

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/1/2022). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/11/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/11/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/11/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Long-tailed Dance Fly in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/12/2016). (c) Jonathan Carpenter, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 234801 - Psn: 76)

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/12/2016). (c) Jonathan Carpenter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Long-tailed Dance Fly in Howard Co., Maryland (6/1/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A female Long-tailed Dance Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/9/2017). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide.

View Record Details Photo by Emily Stanley MBP List

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18 Records

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Description

"Adult: all black except for red or orange eyes, light-colored underside and coxae, and orangish inflatable abdominal sacs in female; head relatively small with slender beak slightly longer than head; antennae slightly longer than head, diverging at base into a curving V shape; female midlegs and hindlegs with long stiff scale-like hairs forming a fringe; male legs bare; male eyes meet at midline, whereas female eyes do not meet" (BugGuide).

Relationships

"Larvae and adult males prey on small insects; adult females do not hunt - they only eat prey items brought to them by males" (BugGuide).

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A female Long-tailed Dance Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/31/2017). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Richard Crook.

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/11/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist.

A male Long-tailed Dance Fly in Baltimore City, Maryland (5/26/2007). Determined by Isaac Winkler/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Thomas Wilson.

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist.

A female Long-tailed Dance Fly in Carroll Co., Maryland (5/17/2019). View Record Details Media by Emilio Concari.

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/11/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist.

A female Long-tailed Dance Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/9/2017). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Emily Stanley.

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Howard Co., Maryland (6/1/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by bugologist2 via iNaturalist.

A female Long-tailed Dance Fly in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/28/2017). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/1/2022). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jim Moore.

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/11/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist.

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/12/2016). (c) Jonathan Carpenter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jonathan (JC) Carpenter via iNaturalist.

Long-tailed Dance Fly in Howard Co., Maryland (6/1/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by bugologist2 via iNaturalist.

A female Long-tailed Dance Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/9/2017). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Emily Stanley.