
INS021-00013
El Segundo flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus terminatus). This insect was thought to be extinct since the end of the 1960s but a small remnant population of less than 100 individuals was discovered in the early 2000s.
Keywords
- black
- bug
- Captive
- Close-up
- color photography
- countdown to exctinction
- discovery
- El Segundo flower-loving fly
- El Segundo fly
- extreme close up
- extremely rare
- flies
- flower-loving fly
- fly
- horizontal
- insect
- Photo Ark
- rare
- recovery
- Rhaphiomidas terminatus terminatus
- studio
- studio portrait
This photo © Joel Sartore 2021. Image usage guidelines

This photo is part of the Photo Ark.