Long-Legged Flies
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Compiled by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University:
Long-Legged Flies
Diptera: Dolichopodidae
The long-legged flies are moderately small flies noted for their metallic coloration. Adult stages feed on small insects, such as gnats and midges. Larvae also are predaceous and some (Medetera spp.) live under bark and are predaceous on bark beetle larvae.
 Long-legged fly larvae. |
 Long-legged fly pupae. |
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