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Field Notes

Description:

unidentified fly

Habitat:

Seen on a jackfruit tree leaf (Artocarpus heterophyllus) in a large semi-urban yard & garden not far from a disturbed patch of wood with a few remnant lowland forest trees, in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Mark Ridgway
It looks a bit like some of our Scaptia (Tabanidae) but we can't see any mouth bits.

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PublishedMay 21, 2014

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