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Stalk eyed fly

Diopsis stuckenbergi

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First live one I have ever seen, please help with ID, it is small about 1 cm

1 Species ID Suggestions

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Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 10 years ago
Stalk-eyed Fly
Diopsis stuckenbergi http://africaninvertebrates.org/ojs/index.php/AI/article/viewFile/28/29


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7 Comments

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Fabulous find Altha. Imagine the view.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Amazing one! Those thoracic spines are incredible.

Hans Feijen
Hans Feijen 10 years ago

Certainly not Diopsis stuckenbergi, but a somewhat unusual species of the Diopsis apicalis complex

AlthaSwiegersLiebenberg
AlthaSwiegersLiebenberg 10 years ago

Johan Thank you

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Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 10 years ago

Wow! Nice one Altha. Never seen one before!

AlthaSwiegersLiebenberg
AlthaSwiegersLiebenberg 10 years ago

Reza Hashemizadeh, Thank you, I just could not remember the name

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Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

This looks like a Stalk-eyed fly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalk-eyed_...

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AlthaSwiegersLiebenberg
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AlthaSwiegersLiebenberg

Mookgopong Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Spotted on Dec 21, 2013
Submitted on Dec 21, 2013

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