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True flies (Diptera)
Bee flies (Bombyliidae)
Blow flies (Calliphoridae)
Bristle Flies (Tachinidae)
Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families)
Flower-loving flies (Apioceridae)
Hover flies (Syrphidae)
Long-legged Flies (Dolichopodidae)
March or Horse flies (Tabanidae)
Mydas flies (Mydidae)
Pelecorhynchid flies (Pelecorhynchidae)
Robber flies (Asilidae)
Stiletto flies (Therevidae)
Tangle-vein flies (Nemestrinidae)
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Curiosity
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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)
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
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
Significant sightings
Sigmatomera (Austrolimnobia) victoriae
at
Cook, ACT
Dacus (genus)
at
Narrabundah, ACT
Sphaeniscus atilius
at
Melba, ACT
Microconops (genus)
at
Campbell, ACT
Euprosopia subula
Panops conspicuus
at
Wilsons Valley, NSW
Sapromyza alboatra
Sapromyza riparia
at
Bungendore, NSW
Anacanthella (genus)
at
McKellar, ACT
Asphondylia dodonaeae
at
Wodonga, VIC
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