Tiny fly (order (Diptera) perched on a rain-drop-encrusted leaf of Wild Blackberry
This is a tiny but perfectly formed fly (order (Diptera) perched on a rain-drop-encrusted leaf of Wild Blackberry (Rubus ursinus, Rosaceae) a few days ago This fly really is tiny, only about 600 pixels long in this 1:1 macro shot, which comes to 2.4 mm, about 3/32 inch. (See here for how I figured.) I'm not sure what kind of fly it is. It has the eyes of a Tephritid Fruit Fly (family Tephritidae) but the gray body of a Drosophilid Fly (Drosophilidae). HFDF! (San Marcos Pass, 14 March 2016)
Tiny fly (order (Diptera) perched on a rain-drop-encrusted leaf of Wild Blackberry
This is a tiny but perfectly formed fly (order (Diptera) perched on a rain-drop-encrusted leaf of Wild Blackberry (Rubus ursinus, Rosaceae) a few days ago This fly really is tiny, only about 600 pixels long in this 1:1 macro shot, which comes to 2.4 mm, about 3/32 inch. (See here for how I figured.) I'm not sure what kind of fly it is. It has the eyes of a Tephritid Fruit Fly (family Tephritidae) but the gray body of a Drosophilid Fly (Drosophilidae). HFDF! (San Marcos Pass, 14 March 2016)