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A small soldier fly, less than 10mm in length. It has a very weird body. It's thorax has metallic green lines with strange spikes uniformly arranged between the thorax and abdomen. The abdomen is quite broad with 2 bright white spots behind (seen in 3rd picture as it run)
Forest of Bukit Gemuk (Fat Hill), Tawau, Sabah.
>>>Map accuracy: 100m diameter.
Spotted on Jan 20, 2014
Submitted on Feb 6, 2014
4 Comments
Thank you, Argy.
No wonder it did not flew away as it knew I cannot pick it up.
Fabulous Chun. Designed not to be picked up.
Thanks for the family ID, Juan.
This is a Soldier fly (Stratiomyidae)