Scuttle Fly, Megaselia aurea (Phoridae) by Stephen Luk

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29-APR-2011

Scuttle Fly, Megaselia aurea (Phoridae)

Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Prov. Pichincha, Ecuador

The same individual in the previous image is seen here, probing the cracked cuticle above the head of the rhinoceros beetle. See a shot from the same scene on p.411 of Flies: The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera, Marshall (2012).
iNaturalist observation

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
1/200s f/11.0 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large auto

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