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banana stalk fly

Description:

An unidentified banana stalk fly (Family Neriidae: slender, long-legged flies). Many species are sexually dimorphic, with males having more elongated bodies, heads, antennae and legs than females. Neriid flies are saprophagous. Larvae develop in rotting vegetable matter, including bark and fruit. Neriid adults tend to aggregate on rotting vegetable matter or damaged tree trunks. Neriid adults are also attracted to flowers, or other sources of sugar. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neriidae

Habitat:

Spotted on a coconut frond in a large semi-urban yard and garden in close proximity to a disturbed patch of remnant forest, in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

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Scott Frazier
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Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Nov 13, 2013
Submitted on Aug 4, 2014

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