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Fruit fly

Rhagoletis sp.

Description:

Fruit fly found in my garden.

Habitat:

Wooded, summer-rainfall northern parts of South Africa.

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2 Comments

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 11 years ago

@Maria: The fly was dancing on the wall continuously flexing its wings and walking around. It took a while for it to settle for the night so that a photo of the wing pattern could be taken.

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

especially like the fourth photo

Johan Heyns
Spotted by
Johan Heyns

Lesedi Local Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Spotted on May 24, 2012
Submitted on May 24, 2012

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