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Goniurellia sp.
A very unusual fly, white with pale green eyes, and patterned with an insect shape in brown on the translucent wings.
Open sourveld grassland.
Observed in Malolotja Nature Reserve
Goniurellia tridens Hendel, 1910,
Tephritidae
https://guardianlv.com/2013/11/fruit-fly...
A few days late, but a BIG congratulations for this great spotting and for it being chosen as spotting of the day!
See you soon!
Fantastic spotting Kate ... Well done on the SOTD .. nature never ceases to amaze me
Wow he is creative! Pictures of flies superimposed on it's wings. :))
Congratulations Kate, this awesome little fly has earned you another Spotting of the Day!
We think this colorful little fly looks like it has insects painted on its wings – can you see them?
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Pls check out "Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database" (1998):
http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/diptera/peo...
Two species, whose wing patterns were shown in this partial 1980 journal, have southern African distribution.
http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/...
Wing pattern #6. Goniurellia munroi's distribution: Gambia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa.
Wing pattern #7. Goniurellia omissa's distribution: South Africa.
Beautiful!! Love the patterns in the wings and of course those green eyes!!
Spotted on Feb 11, 2011
Submitted on Mar 25, 2014
