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Celyphidae
Celyphidae are small to medium-sized and easily recognised. The scutellum is enlarged, forming a protective shell over the abdomen, giving them a beetle-like appearance. Also, like many beetles, Celyphidae are often shiny or metallic in color. The wings, when at rest, are folded beneath the scutellar "shell"About 90 species are known from the Oriental and Afrotropic biogeographic regions
Spotted on Nov 17, 2012
Submitted on Nov 27, 2012
13 Comments
Thank you EnvUnlimited....:)It s interesting for me to spot it !
Thank u Leuba!...Interesting indeed..
Very interesting spotting, Adarsha and thanks for the information.
Yeah..i too quite amazed...
You can see those hidden wings!
Red colored beetle fly is very rare in internet also!
Wow! Never saw this before! Super!
Finally got ID..it is a beetle fly..Thank u Bugeric....
The wings, when at rest, are folded beneath the scutellar “shell”.
Thank you Bugeric....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kafeiwu/275...
This link has similar kind of beetle fly...
This is a "beetle fly," family Celyphidae, order Diptera. Nice shots!
@Keith: Ha ha ha ...seems like a beetle with fruit abdomen :P
That looks like a tiny beetle latched onto a fruit fly! Perhaps eating it?
May be a larva?
When i googled about red leaf beetle, i found somewat big abdomen! But this creature body was slippery...Looks like a gum!
It looks like a snail na? Am not pretty sure..But leaf beetles are not having big abdomen!
A leaf beetle??