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Beetle-backed fly

Celyphidae

Description:

A tiny, very shiny shelled beetle-backed fly with a sucker action .. the video is not great but worth looking at :)

Habitat:

Forest path

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8 Comments

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 9 years ago

Thank you Paresh!

PareshDalal
PareshDalal 9 years ago

Extremely Beautiful Great work keep it up

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 9 years ago

Thanks Leuba :)

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 9 years ago

It was very cute Cindy :)

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 9 years ago

Thanks for the correction and ident Filippo .. much appreciated. Very clever hiding its wings under the scutellar "shell". Certainly had me fooled!! :)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

I loved the video Viv - that is one amazing proboscis ! What a cute creature. Thanks for sharing.

Very cute little insect! Beetle Fly is a great name for it :)

FilippoGuerra
FilippoGuerra 9 years ago

I'm sorry viv, but this is not a beetle! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celyphidae

VivBraznell
Spotted by
VivBraznell

จังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช, Thailand

Spotted on Jan 23, 2015
Submitted on Jan 29, 2015

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