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Drosophila ambochila Kaluaa 5464

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Drosophila ambochila feeding on the liquid oozing from a dying Urera glabra tree. Central Kaluaa Gulch. The tree was killed by scolytid beetles and heavily infected with fungus, making it apparently unsuitable as a Drosophila breeding site, but the adults were still feeding on the exudate.

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Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot S90
DateTime
2014:04:23 12:41:18
ExposureTime
1/60
ApertureFNumber
f/8.0

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Oahu, Waianae Range, Honouliuli FR, Kaluaa Gulch, Diptera, Drosophilidae, Drosophila, Drosophila ambochila, Hawaiian native arthropods
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Drosophila ambochila feeding on the liquid oozing from a dying Urera glabra tree. Central Kaluaa Gulch. The tree was killed by scolytid beetles and heavily infected with fungus, making it apparently unsuitable as a Drosophila breeding site, but the adults were still feeding on the exudate.

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