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Diptera; Platystomatidae; Scholastinae
This looks like a type of signal
Photographed in the Hluhluwe Umfolozi Game Reserve, South Africa.
Thanks to Johan Heyns. I now have the right name.
The leaves produced in Sept. are gone by flowering, the roots are edible.
Small fly with about 5 mm. body length and ...
end. The fly moves its wings independently ...
Very small, under a cm. His wings moved back & forth the whole time I watched ...
Very small. 1cm all up. Iridescent green body. Wings are orange with black ...
Small fly with a dark abdomen and somewhat ...
Fly with gray thorax and black and white ...
forward and back like boat oars, giving it its common name. This is a type of ...