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Sarcophagidae (family) (Unidentified flesh fly) at Theodore, ACT by IHendy01
Acanthonevroides sp. (genus) (Fruit fly) at Russell, ACT by Hejor1
Muscidae (family) (Unidentified muscid fly) at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus
Sarcophagidae (family) (Unidentified flesh fly) at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus
Inopus rubriceps (Sugarcane Soldier Fly) at Acton, ACT by TimL
Austrotephritis poenia (Australian Fruit Fly) at Yaouk, NSW by AlisonMilton
Diptera (order) at Goulburn, NSW by Hejor1
Musca sp. (genus) at Goulburn, NSW by Hejor1
Parapalaeosepsis plebeia (Ant fly) at Goulburn, NSW by Hejor1
Stomorhina discolor (Snout fly) at Goulburn, NSW by Hejor1
Hermetia illucens (American Soldier Fly) at Franklin, ACT by chriselidie
Australophyra rostrata at Lerida, NSW by trevorpreston
Anthomyia punctipennis at Downer, ACT by RobertD
Pogonortalis doclea (Boatman fly) at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus
Quasicooronga connecta (A fruit fly) at Ingebirah, NSW by RG
Cardiacera sp. (genus) (Scarab Fly) at Chisholm, ACT by RomanSoroka
Sapromyza alboatra (Acalyptrate Fly) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Muscidae (family) (Unidentified muscid fly) at Cook, ACT by CathB
Anthomyia vicarians at Casey, ACT by Hejor1
Steganopsis melanogaster (A lauxaniid fly) at Isaacs, ACT by Hejor1
Pogonortalis doclea (Boatman fly) at Isaacs, ACT by Hejor1
Muscoidea (super family) at Lyneham, ACT by citycritters
Steganopsis melanogaster (A lauxaniid fly) at Lyneham, ACT by citycritters
Pogonortalis doclea (Boatman fly) at Lyneham, ACT by citycritters
Sarcophagidae (family) (Unidentified flesh fly) at Goulburn, NSW by trevorpreston
Sepsidae (family) (Ant fly) at Lyneham, ACT by citycritters
Chloromerus sp. (Chloropid fly) at Lyneham, ACT by citycritters
Dichetophora sp. (genus) (Marsh fly) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Chloropidae (family) (Frit fly) at Pialligo, ACT by Pirom
Parapalaeosepsis plebeia (Ant fly) at Murrumbateman, NSW by SimoneC
Miltogramma sp. (genus) at Ainslie, ACT by Pirom
Chloropidae (family) (Frit fly) at Pialligo, ACT by Pirom
Cardiacera sp. (genus) (Scarab Fly) at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus
Pygophora apicalis at Campbell, ACT by Hejor1
Sarcophagidae (family) (Unidentified flesh fly) at Campbell, ACT by Hejor1
Chloromerus sp. (Chloropid fly) at Pialligo, ACT by Pirom
Sarcophaga sp. (genus) (Flesh fly) at Hall, ACT by Anna123
Lenophila achilles (Spider mimicking signal fly) at Manton, NSW by ConBoekel
Sarcophagidae (family) (Unidentified flesh fly) at Kambah, ACT by Hejor1
Diptera (order) at Kambah, ACT by Hejor1
Milichiidae (family) (Freeloader fly) at Kambah, ACT by TimL
Diptera (order) at Watson, ACT by abread111
Hermetia illucens (American Soldier Fly) at Aranda, ACT by Jubeyjubes
Conopidae (family) (Thick-headed fly) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Sarcophagidae (family) (Unidentified flesh fly) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Anthomyia vicarians at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus
Sarcophagidae (family) (Unidentified flesh fly) at Evatt, ACT by Thurstan
Chloromerus sp. (Chloropid fly) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Ogcodes basalis (A hunch-back fly) at Campbell, ACT by Hejor1
Odontomyia hunteri (Soldier fly) at Bungonia, NSW by KorinneM

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:
Yesterday
Possibly Acanthonevroides basalis - but wing pattern and thorax colouring not quite matching
Acanthonevroides sp. (genus)
WHall wrote:
17 Jan 2025
Thanks Michael
Sarcophagidae (family)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
16 Jan 2025
This looks very much like Scaptodrosophila hibisci, which has a natural distribution close to the coastline and north of Sydney- so perhaps another inveterbrate species translocated to the Botanic Gardens
Drosophilidae (family)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
14 Jan 2025
Paraceratitella?
Platystomatidae (family)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
3 Jan 2025
Not a hover fly but a thick-headed fly - very similar in appearence
Conopidae (family)

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Sarcophagidae (family) at Theodore, ACT

Acanthonevroides sp. (genus) at Russell, ACT

Tephritidae sp. (family) at Russell, ACT

Muscidae (family) at Melba, ACT

Sarcophagidae (family) at Melba, ACT

Oxysarcodexia varia at Melba, ACT

Inopus rubriceps at Acton, ACT

Austrotephritis poenia at Yaouk, NSW

Parapalaeosepsis plebeia at Goulburn, NSW

Stomorhina discolor at Goulburn, NSW

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