Insects
True flies (Diptera)
Tangle-vein flies (Nemestrinidae)
Sighting 4244557

Trichophthalma costalis

Tangle-vein fly at Mount Ainslie

Trichophthalma costalis at Mount Ainslie - 7 Dec 2019 11:00 AM
Trichophthalma costalis at Mount Ainslie - 7 Dec 2019 11:00 AM
Trichophthalma costalis at Mount Ainslie - 7 Dec 2019 11:00 AM
Trichophthalma costalis at Mount Ainslie - 7 Dec 2019 11:00 AM
Trichophthalma costalis at Mount Ainslie - 7 Dec 2019 11:00 AM
Trichophthalma costalis at Mount Ainslie - 7 Dec 2019 11:00 AM
Trichophthalma costalis at Mount Ainslie - 7 Dec 2019 11:00 AM
Trichophthalma costalis at Mount Ainslie - 7 Dec 2019 11:00 AM
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Identification history

Trichophthalma costalis 10 Dec 2019 GregD
Trichophthalma costalis 10 Dec 2019 GregD
Unverified 9 Dec 2019 DPRees125

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Hovering fly, all same animal, interesting mouth part, all frame grabs form high speed video, which I will provide link to when edited

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DPRees125 wrote:
   11 Dec 2019
Video now loaded at https://vimeo.com/378460724 (to play, copy and paste this link into your browser)

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  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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