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Telostylus sp.
About 1cm in length. Lovely orange color that caught my attention. I did not get any 2nd shot or a clearer shot. It was so quick, it just leapt / flew away after I clicked my one and only shot. Nov 9, 2012: Finally found a matching genus - Telostylus sp., Family Neriidae. Family Neriidae species are known as cactus flies, or banana stalk flies. From http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Telos... 5 species in the Genus Telostylus were mentioned to be distributed in the Philippines: T. binotatus · T. maccus · T. niger · T. philippinensis · T. vittatus.
Spotted at a Langka (Jackfruit) tree in the backyard.
Matching images: http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread... http://www.flickr.com/photos/arbil/25933... http://gaga.biodiv.tw/9501bx/978.htm.
Spotted on Oct 17, 2012
Submitted on Oct 17, 2012
3 Comments
Finally found a matching image for this little guy. It's a Neriid Fly - Telostylus sp.
Yes Argy Bee. I was looking at pictures of assassin bugs, but not a match. :(
Interesting wiry black legs and amazing orange colour.