| Latin Name | Observation Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Chrysosoma globiferum | Sep 25, 2026 | Natore, Bangladesh |
I have always loved spending time close to nature and observing its tiny inhabitants. From that love, capturing all the strange creatures hiding in the corners of the garden has become my daily hobby. Today, while walking by the pond, I suddenly saw a beautiful shiny metallic green fly on the leaves. So, without delay, I took out my phone and carefully framed a few macro photos of this shiny fly. Let's find out some information about this wonderful insect today.
Scientific name
This is basically a type of long-legged fly. In the scientific world, the scientific name of this specific species is Chrysosoma globiferum.
Family and Genus
According to the classification of the animal kingdom, this beautiful fly belongs to the Dolichopodidae family. It is a member of the Sciapodinae subfamily and its scientific name is Chrysosoma.
Habitat and habitat
There are more than 200 species under the Chrysosoma genus, which are mainly widespread in the Old World and Oceania. They are usually found in damp environments, shrubs, forests and on the green leaves of trees. They are often seen sitting on the young leaves of various gardens or crop fields in our country.
Food
They are mainly predatory flies. They make a living by hunting small soft insects, spiders, aphids or other small harmful insects sitting on the leaves or stems of trees.
Shape and lifestyle
As you can see in the picture, their body is quite long and shiny metallic green. There are very beautiful shiny transparent fins or wings on the back. Their legs are much longer than normal flies, which is why they are called long-legged flies. They can fly very fast and move quickly on leaves to catch prey.
Benefits
They play a very important role in the natural ecosystem or in agriculture. They help in controlling crop pests naturally by hunting various small insects that are harmful to gardens or crops, which is very beneficial for our agriculture and ecosystem.
Disadvantages
They do not have any harmful effects on humans or the environment. They are not poisonous, do not bite people and do not cause any harm to crops or plants.
I learned about them from various sites including iNaturalist, Wikipedia and Google.
(All posts are written in Bengali and translated into English using Google Translate.)
| Camera Used | Samsung SM-G973F |
|---|---|
| F-Stop | F2.4 |
| ISO speed | ISO |
| Focal length | 26mm |
| Flash | No |
| Editing app | Lightroom |
| Photography | (Chrysosoma globiferum) |
| Photographer |  @mshbd |
| Location | Natore, Bangladesh |
| Link to original community |
|---|
| https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403681402 |
| Latitude | Longitude | Map Link |
|---|---|---|
| 24.3366 | 89.1154 | https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/24.3366/89.1154 |