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Yellow Dance Fly

Empis stercorea

About Yellow Dance Fly

A medium-sized dance fly with a yellowish body commonly found on spring flowers. Males present prey items as mating gifts. An important pollinator of spring flowers.

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Important early-season pollinators that visit spring flowers while also hunting small insects on them.

Distribution

Where Yellow Dance Fly can be found

Seasonal Activity

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Peak activity Moderate Low / dormant
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APA:
Orbitrock. (2026). Yellow Dance Fly (Empis stercorea). Retrieved from https://orbitrock.com/insect/yellow-dance-fly

MLA:
"Yellow Dance Fly." Orbitrock, https://orbitrock.com/insect/yellow-dance-fly.