Terrible Hairy Fly Bamboozles Scientists
At about one centimeter long and so far found on a single 20-meter high rock, the Mormotomyia hirsuta looks more like a spider with its hairy legs, scientists said.
Unable to fly and partial to breeding in bat feces, the fly is thought to live only in the dank, bat-filled cleft of an isolated rock in the Ukazi Hills. It also has non-functional wings that resemble miniature belt-straps, and tiny eyes.
Dr Robert Copeland of the Nairobi-based International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology said the fly’s physical appearance had left scientists bamboozled…