Milichiidae (family)

Freeloader fly at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Milichiidae (family)	9 May 2020	MichaelMulvaney
	Milichiidae (family)	9 May 2020	JonSteinbeck

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I had no idea what I was photographing when I took this picture, my eyesitght is not that good, especially at night on Red Hill Nauture Reserve when I am using the illumination from a head lamp and my flash. Even when I cropped in I was not sure what it was, but then I noticed the very small Freeloader Flies, at least four, feeding on the remains of an insect in an old spider web.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.099485 -35.327145
Altitude 621.4m
Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

4 Abundance
14 Apr 2020 08:42 PM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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Insects Other true flies True flies (Diptera) BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

Milichiidae (family) Scientific name
Freeloader fly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 784.8m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania