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'pin-tail' fly.

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Dilan Chathuranga
Dilan Chathuranga 10 years ago

Thanks John,Cindy & Joseph!!!

John La Salle
John La Salle 10 years ago

some type of fruit fly (Tephritidae) -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tephritidae...
probably a Dacinae.

These can potentially be quite serious pests.

Neat looking fly and well named!

There are pin-tail ducks, there are pin-tail beetles. And here is 'pin-tail' fly. )) Interesting!

Dilan Chathuranga
Spotted by
Dilan Chathuranga

Sri Lanka

Spotted on Nov 14, 2013
Submitted on Nov 14, 2013

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