Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mythicomyiidae - 2 part proboscis?

Posted by vida on 02-01-2010 07:22
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My favourite flies ever! This is the first time I've actually noticed that there is a proboscis inside the beak like structure. Is the whole known as a proboscis or is the rigid beak like part known as something else and the flexible inner part as the proboscis? I also noticed that some areas appear translucent. Is it maybe because it is a newly hatched fly?:)