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Stalk eyed fly

Photo by Tiz
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Field Notes

Description:

App. 4-5 mm in length. First stalk eyed fly I have seen in Swaziland.

Habitat:

Grass and thickets on an overgrown road leading to a river.

Notes:

There are more than one hundred species in the Diopsidae, with the greatest diversity found in the Old World tropics. Adult diopsids are typically found on low-lying vegetation in humid areas, often near streams and rivers, where they feed on fungi and bacteria that they scavenge from decaying vegetation. The larvae are saprophagic or phytophagous, eating decaying and fresh plant matter.

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Stalk-eyed fly

Species ID Suggestions

Stalk Eyed Fly

Diopsis sp.

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KateBraun
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Comments (2)
Tiz
Thank you Kate :) I am glad for the sp. ID. I hope you are fine. Miss Swazi and I have no time to explore Malawi in the same fantastic way. All the best dear!
KateBraun
It definitely belongs to the Diopsidae family, possibly one of the species of Diopsis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalk-eyed_fly

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