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Celyphidae
A small kind of beetle, just about 5mm large, black with a prominent red head
spotted at Bukit Nanas rainforest park in Kuala Lumpur
There was a full family of these guys around, about 6 of them in a banana tree, flying around and sucking the tree
Spotted on May 23, 2015
Submitted on May 23, 2015
3 Comments
Great photo!
Thanks Machi
beetle-backed fly/ beetle fly I think (Celyphidae). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celyphidae