Hawaiian Insects

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Drosophila prolaticilia R Road3

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June 21, 2009. R Road, Stainback Highway. Drosophila prolaticilia feeding on rotting Clermontia parviflora branch. This was the most common picture wing species in the area, despite there being little of its only known host, Freycinetia; only one D. sproati was seen.