True flies (Diptera)

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Curiosity wrote:
Yesterday
Hi, @blacksheep. This insect is a hover fly, but I'm not positive on the species.

Melangyna viridiceps
jb2602 wrote:
22 Sep 2025
see p 741, The Insects of Australia, vII.

Leptotarsus imperatorius
KylieWaldon wrote:
20 Sep 2025
TY for ID michael. Haven't had one of those before. :)

Chrysopilus sp. (genus)
20 Sep 2025
Sorry image a bit blurry for identification

Calyptrate (subsection)
WendyEM wrote:
19 Sep 2025
Thanks for this. I found a fly, looking like this, in a photo I took of a flower. This has helped me ID it.

Sphenella ruficeps
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