Hawaiian Insects

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Drosophila ambochila Kaluaa 5259

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Drosophila ambochila courtship, Central Kaluaa Gulch. Note that the dance of the male is significantly different from that of the very similar-looking and sympatric D. montgomeryi, where the male bends his abdomen completely under his body.