David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
________________________________________________________________________________________________Flies 76 – Bat-winged Phasia
Flies
BAT-WINGED
PHASIA FLY Phasia hemiptera
(f)
BAT-WINGED
PHASIA FLY Phasia hemiptera
(f)
BAT-WINGED
PHASIA FLY Phasia hemiptera
(m)
BAT-WINGED
PHASIA FLY Phasia hemiptera
(m)
BAT-WINGED
PHASIA FLY Phasia hemiptera
(m)
BAT-WINGED
PHASIA FLY Phasia hemiptera
(m)
BAT-WINGED
PHASIA FLY Phasia hemiptera
(m)
BAT-WINGED
PHASIA FLY Phasia hemiptera
(m)
BAT-WINGED
PHASIA FLY Phasia hemiptera
(m)
BAT-WINGED
PHASIA FLY Phasia hemiptera
(m)
BAT-WINGED PHASIA FLY Phasia hemiptera (m)
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The
apparently innocuous, pollen-feeding behaviour of adult Bat-winged Phasia Flies Phasia
hemiptera is not matched by that of their
larvae, as these parasitise shieldbugs. Females
deposit sticky, sausage-shaped white eggs on their unwitting victims, and these
may be seen quite easily as they are quite conspicuous. For this reason, these
flies are unquestionably the allies of those growing commercial crops
susceptible to shieldbug damage. These flies are
sexually dimorphic, and only the males possess the rather bizarrely shaped, partially
clouded wings that have been alluded to in their recently acquired vernacular
name, whereas those of the females are transparent with some orange veins and a
hint of amber. Females also have larger heads with bulbous compound eyes,
significantly bigger than those of their male counterparts.
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