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Boatman Fly

Pogonortalis doclea

Description:

Black flying insect with red eyes that has a horizontal stripe across them. It moves its wings forward and back like boat oars, giving it its common name. This is a type of signal fly. Video of the wing movement can be seen at my other spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/723...

Habitat:

Perez's Sea Lavender in the backyard. This species originated in Australia and was introduced to California.

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11 Comments

Thank you Luis, Emma and Karen :)

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Great macro Cindy!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

very interesting! Loved the video too.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Great spotting and eyes Cindy!

Thank you all :)

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Very nice series!

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Neat series.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Beautiful, specially the eyes. Great spotting, Cindy.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Very cool indeed! Lovely colors, and awesome name!

I think it is too! Thanks Leanne.

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Cool :)

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Dec 27, 2012
Submitted on Dec 28, 2012

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