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Tephritidae sp. - Fruit Fly Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/38001/tephritidae_sp._-_fruit_fly.html" title="Tephritidae sp. - Fruit Fly"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2784/38001_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=b94lcczW2IlNrAo%2FEXvfTr3MKmY%3D" width="200" height="200" alt="Tephritidae sp. - Fruit Fly A very distinctive fly, but as with a lot of what you might call the less significant creatures, simply not enough work has been done on identification on bugs in Indonesia. I did not find a single image to match, not even on Flickr.<br /> <br /> The fly is fairly easy to phorograph, because rather than flying away, it angles the face of its wings towards you, believing that this makes him invisible.<br /> <br /> Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38003/bombyliidae_anthrax_sp._-_bee_fly.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38002/bombyliidae_anthrax_sp._-_bee_fly.html Bandung,Fruit fly,Geotagged,Indonesia,Java,Spring,West Java,fly,tephritidae" /></a></figure> Bandung,Fruit fly,Geotagged,Indonesia,Java,Spring,West Java,fly,tephritidae Click/tap to enlarge

Tephritidae sp. - Fruit Fly

Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.

Tephritidae sp. - Fruit Fly A very distinctive fly, but as with a lot of what you might call the less significant creatures, simply not enough work has been done on identification on bugs in Indonesia. I did not find a single image to match, not even on Flickr.<br /> <br /> The fly is fairly easy to phorograph, because rather than flying away, it angles the face of its wings towards you, believing that this makes him invisible.<br /> <br /> Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields.<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38003/bombyliidae_anthrax_sp._-_bee_fly.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/38002/bombyliidae_anthrax_sp._-_bee_fly.html Bandung,Fruit fly,Geotagged,Indonesia,Java,Spring,West Java,fly,tephritidae

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  1. View Mark Ridgway's profile
    Mark Ridgway
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    Amazing fly Dave.
    Looks more like Tephritidae to me. ?
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/gbohne/6172435025     Posted 9 years ago
    1. View Vodkaman's profile
      Vodkaman
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      I agree. Probably why I cannot find anything close :)

      Dave       Posted 9 years ago
      1. View Mark Ridgway's profile
        Mark Ridgway
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        Good. Keep a close eye on your fruit trees. We don't get that family at all here luckily :) (maybe yet) Posted 9 years ago
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          Vodkaman
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          I got a patch of concrete, which everyone seems to think is a public car park. No fruit trees though.

          DAve           Posted 9 years ago

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Uploaded Apr 21, 2016. Captured Dec 2, 2012 07:18 in Jl. Lavender No.8, Ciwaruga, Parongpong, Kabupaten Bandung Barat, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/8.0
  • 10/800s
  • ISO100
  • 105mm