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Hammer-head fly / stalk-eyed fly

Teleopsis sp.

Description:

I found this strange insect in my fields. It is their mating season. The insect was about 1cm long, had compound eyes on stalks and two spines on thorax. In picture #3 if you look carefully at the distant eye you can see protecting barbs over it.

Habitat:

Western Himalayas.

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64 Comments (1–25)

SaswatMishra
SaswatMishra 8 years ago

WOW !

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 10 years ago

Thank you Jordan.

JordanWalmsley
JordanWalmsley 10 years ago

These things are really cool

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 10 years ago

Thank you for the comments, surekha, Leanne, vasudha548, Nuwan, patty & ira080808. :)

ira080808
ira080808 10 years ago

very nice spot :)

patty
patty 10 years ago

WoW flY! Great picture Harsha; a well deserved SOTD =)

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

Congratulations Harsha!

vasudha548
vasudha548 10 years ago

Congrats Harsha singh ...

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 10 years ago

Such an interesting fly. Congratulations Harsha!

surekha
surekha 10 years ago

Fantastic spotting, Harsha! Congratulations!!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 10 years ago

Thank you Larry, Dan, PurpleScarf, Toshimi, Kranti, Augusto & Rieko. :)

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Congratulations, Harsha! Thank you so much for sharing such amazing spotting.

Felicitaciones Harsha Singh.

Kranti Dhiman
Kranti Dhiman 10 years ago

congrats Harsha ! nice spotting :)

ToshimiDowaki
ToshimiDowaki 10 years ago

Congratulations Harsha!

Saumya Wanniarachchi
Saumya Wanniarachchi 10 years ago

Wow awsm shot congrats :) !

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Nice one Harsha! Congrats!

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 10 years ago

Well deserved SOTD Harsha! Congratulations!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 10 years ago

Thank you so much Rick, Sachin, Atul, Noel, dotun55 & Luis. :)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Congrats Harsha!

dotun55
dotun55 10 years ago

Crazy fly! Thought the eyes were the two grey spots on the thorax. Not only hammer-head sharks in the competition anymore.

dotun55
dotun55 10 years ago

Harsha @ it again ;-)

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 10 years ago

Great spot! Congratulations!

Atul
Atul 10 years ago

Lovely !!! congrats :)

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 10 years ago

Congratulations Harsha!

Harsha Singh
Spotted by
Harsha Singh

Himachal Pradesh, India

Spotted on Jun 24, 2013
Submitted on Jun 29, 2013

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