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Fruit Fly

Description:

A beautiful little Fruit Fly about 5 mm long. It was literally standing on its head at a 90º angle from the wall. I thought something was wrong with it, but when I touched it, it flew away. Family Tephritidae. Maybe a species of the genus Anastrepha (http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I...).

Habitat:

Came to the lights on a wall, Hotel Posada Loma, Fortin de Las Flores, Veracruz.

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2 Comments

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 8 years ago

In Yoga there is a position call Shir-shashan, basically a head stand. Maybe this fruit fly is a yoga guru :)

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 8 years ago

That is a seriously beautiful Fruit Fly! Those eyes are incredible. Gorgeous images Lauren. Thank you for sharing :)

LaurenZarate
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LaurenZarate

Spotted on Apr 13, 2015
Submitted on Nov 8, 2015

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