Subject: Stilt-legged Fly, Micropezidae

Location: Near Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador

Stock Number: 08-20220

Comment: This Micropezid fly was waving its front legs, giving it the appearance of a wasp waving its antennae.

The photograph was made south of the Equator on Ecuador's western slopes.

Related image: A North Carolina image of an ant-mimic fly in the family Micropezidae.