Harpobittacus australis

2 Hangingfly at Kambah, ACT

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Identification history

	Harpobittacus australis	1 Dec 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	1 Dec 2021	AJB

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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

Sighting information

1 Abundance
1 Dec 2021 10:45 AM Recorded on
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Insects Scorpionflies and Hangingflies (Mecoptera) Other insects AJB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

Harpobittacus australis Scientific name
Hangingfly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1652m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania