A Bristle Fly at Stromlo, ACT
Identification history
| Rutilia (Chrysorutilia) sp. (genus & subgenus) | 27 Jan 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Rutilia (Chrysorutilia) formosa | 10 Jan 2021 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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The fly was stationary on this dead twig. The conditions were not as dark as the photograph portrays but in using the flash the background appeared very dark. Interestingly, when trying to photograph this fly, I thought that it was dead because my flash was not disturbing it. I thought that I would try to capture a different angle, so I tried to shoot the fly’s upper surface. When I circled around the twig to get to a different position, I was still not able to shoot the top of the fly, so I tried to keep circling around. It was then that I noticed that the fly was shuffling around the twig to keep pace with me so that it always had its side presented to me.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.015168-35.291615
- Altitude 611.6m
- Maps Piney Ridge Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
- Places Stromlo, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2021 08:37 AM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
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Insects Bristle Flies (Tachinidae) True flies (Diptera) BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Rutilia (Chrysorutilia) sp. (genus & subgenus) Scientific name
- A Bristle Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1231.6m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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