Sepsidae (family)
Ant fly at O'Connor, ACT
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| Sepsidae (family) | DaveFerg | 23 Dec 2016 | |
| Sepsidae (family) | KimPullen | 22 Dec 2016 | |
| Dolichopodidae (family) | ibaird | 22 Dec 2016 | |
| Unverified | ibaird | 21 Dec 2016 |
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User's notes
These very small flies(?) were clustered together on a flowering Bursaria spinosa (garden planted). They seem to have brown heads, black bodies and a distinctive single black spot at the tip of each wing. They were previously seen flying together above the Bursaria bush.
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23 Dec 2016
OK, thanks. Sepsidae sp. (Ant flies). Farrow (2016) p. 239. The 'wing flicking' behaviour was also seen.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113193-35.259365
- Altitude 595.4m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 18 Dec 2016 05:05 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Sepsidae (family) Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Sepsidae (family) Scientific name
- Ant fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 758.57m Recorded at altitude
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