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wasp-mimic fly

Description:

Unidentified wasp-mimic fly with "picture wings" and a narrow elongate abdomen.

Habitat:

Spotted on the underside of a taro (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) leaf in a large semi-urban yard and garden, near a disturbed patch of remnant forest in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

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Scott Frazier
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Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on May 6, 2013
Submitted on May 6, 2013

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