Empididae sp. (family)

1 Dance fly at Cotter River, ACT

Empididae sp. (family) at Cotter River, ACT - 20 Feb 2019
Empididae sp. (family) at Cotter River, ACT - 20 Feb 2019
Empididae sp. (family) at Cotter River, ACT - 20 Feb 2019
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Identification history

Empididae sp. (family) 21 Feb 2019 KimPullen
Unidentified 21 Feb 2019 JudithRoach

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Couldn't find the robber fly category but I suspect it's a couple of the smaller kind.

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michaelb wrote:
   21 Feb 2019
Robber Flies are grouped under True flies(Diptera).
KimPullen wrote:
   21 Feb 2019
Judith, great shots of a mating pair with the female gorging on the male's 'nuptial gift', a small fly of another kind.
JudithRoach wrote:
   21 Feb 2019
Thanks. Hope you all don't mind I'm not so hot on the ID side. Memory like a sieve - got hit with a post viral thing, find it hard to retain facts :-(. Enjoying going hunting with my camera though :-)
KimPullen wrote:
   23 Feb 2019
It's great to have you behind the camera Judith. We all contribute with our own skills.

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  • 20 Feb 2019 04:58 PM Recorded on
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