Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Beautiful sphere-head fly from Costa Rica

Posted by Stephen on 27-03-2012 13:09
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At lights, elevation 1000 meters, cloud forest. Cartago province, Caribbean slope, Costa Rica, 4 March 2012. Length 5.3 mm to apex of wings.

I love the spherical head, but I do not know what is going on with the bent abdomen.

Posted by John Carr on 27-03-2012 13:14
#2
Male Dilophus.

Posted by Stephen on 28-03-2012 10:44
#3
Thanks, John. Very cool, unlike any Bibionid I seen before!