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Banana Stalk Fly

Telostylinus lineolatus

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Definitely an insect.

Habitat:

Found it on the remains of a mango fruit that had been eaten by civet cats.

Notes:

I found this insect very interesting to look at. I had never seen this species earlier and have never seen it since.

Identified by AgnesAdiqueTalavera, LaurenZarate

Species ID Suggestions

Banana-stalk Fly

Telostylinus sp.

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AgnesAdiqueTalavera
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Comments (4)
SukanyaDatta
Thank you LaurenZarate...I will check it out. THANKS a lot.
SukanyaDatta
Thank you AgnesAdique Talavera...I'd been agonizing over this one's ID for a while now. THANK YOU!
LaurenZarate
This looks like a Stilt Legged Fly, Family Neriidae. http://muscicapa.blogspot.mx/2010/08/flies-for-rainy-day.html
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PublishedApril 19, 2014

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