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
จังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช, Thailand
Spotted on Jan 23, 2015
Submitted on Jan 29, 2015
8 Comments
Thank you Paresh!
Extremely Beautiful Great work keep it up
Thanks Leuba :)
It was very cute Cindy :)
Thanks for the correction and ident Filippo .. much appreciated. Very clever hiding its wings under the scutellar "shell". Certainly had me fooled!! :)
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 :)
I'm sorry viv, but this is not a beetle! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celyphidae