Insects
True flies (Diptera)

True flies (Diptera)

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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)
Other true flies

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Hejor1 wrote:
25 Jun 2025
@KylieWaldon happens to me all the time!
Muscidae (family)
KylieWaldon wrote:
25 Jun 2025
I didn't Hejor1. I will try and get a pic off this one and put it up, but I only noticed it when editing the photos! excellent camo!
Muscidae (family)
Hejor1 wrote:
22 Jun 2025
@KylieWaldon there's a small brown crab spider on the tip of the leaf, did you happen to get any other angles of the spider?
Muscidae (family)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
21 Jun 2025
A male
Boreoides subulatus
WendyEM wrote:
21 Jun 2025
aaah .....I did wonder about those fat front legs! thanks Kim. Tapeigaster " .... can be recognised by the combination of the thorax dorsally striped, the mid and fore femora noticeably inflated (compared to the hind femora),..." SOURCE (21/06/2025) https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniadiptera/suborder-brachycera/infraorder-cyclorrhapha/heleomyzidae/genus-tapeigaster/tapeigaster-annulipes/
I gather they have an interest in fungi - the pictures on this reference are sitting on fungi, like mine Tapeigaster sp. = Fungus flies
Tapeigaster sp. (genus)

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Chironomidae (family) at Macarthur, ACT

Chironomidae (family) at Macarthur, ACT

Chironomidae (family) at Weston, ACT

Chironomidae (family) at Weston, ACT

Villa sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Villa sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Eristalinus punctulatus at Conder, ACT

Eristalinus punctulatus at Conder, ACT

Chloromerus sp.

Chloromerus sp.

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