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Harpobittacus australis
2 Hangingfly at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Harpobittacus australis | 1 Dec 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 1 Dec 2021 | AJB |
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User's notes
I think this is a wasp with a very long weird snout? It was carrying another insect. I thought this was breeding behaviour but the other insect looks quite different and was possibly dead.
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MichaelMulvaney wrote:
1 Dec 2021
Hanging flies have six legs and four wings. The front two legs have special modifications so they are able to hang off leaves or branches of the plants in their habitat, while the remaining two pairs of legs have claws that they can use to capture and kill passing prey, such at the bibone fly in your images
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.070342-35.376233
- Altitude 666.4m
- Maps Mount Taylor
- Places Kambah, ACT
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Dec 2021 10:45 AM Recorded on
- AJB Recorded by
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
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