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Rhagoletis pomonella
Black Fly with black & grey stripes at abdomen, prominent red eyes, about 5 mm long, with a white dot on its thorax and a characteristic black banding on its wings.
Spotted at Campuhan Ridge Walk, Ubud - Bali.
When threatened it turns its wings 90 degrees and moves them up and down whilst walking sideways; the combination mimics the appearance of it being a spider due to the wing pattern in the new position appearing as additional legs. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Section: Schizophora Subsection: Acalyptratae Superfamily: Tephritoidea Family: Tephritidae Genus: Rhagoletis Species: R. pomonella
Spotted on Nov 11, 2016
Submitted on Jan 13, 2017
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