Chloropidae (family)
3 Frit fly at Latham, ACT
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| Chloropidae (family) | KimberiRP | 18 Aug 2023 | |
| Unverified | Roger | 23 Dec 2021 |
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We haved looked at ALA and we cant find anything that matches this little fly.
12 comments
28 Dec 2021
@Roger Roger, This looks very like the little fly I found a few weeks ago at Yaouk Chloropidae (family) (Frit fly)
Like you I haven't been able to find a maatch but would love to have it identified.
Like you I haven't been able to find a maatch but would love to have it identified.
28 Dec 2021
Hi Alison,
I think the one I saw was a bit smaller than yours (2/3mm) but almost identical. May be Kim Pullen would be ably to get into the CSIRO collection when its feasible. My wife scanned through ALA but couldn't find anything.
I think the one I saw was a bit smaller than yours (2/3mm) but almost identical. May be Kim Pullen would be ably to get into the CSIRO collection when its feasible. My wife scanned through ALA but couldn't find anything.
28 Dec 2021
Roger, I'm not very good at estimating size in metric having grown up with imperial measurements. Mine could well indeed have been about the same size as yours. It was very small.
26 Jul 2023
Yes this is the same as #4411622. I haven't found a match and have no clue what family it might belong to. I'll keep on it. Have either of you (Alison and Roger) thought about putting it up on iNaturalist?
18 Aug 2023
This has been identified by Keith Bayless (Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO) as family Chloropidae, 'probably genus Merochlorops'.
14 Jan 2024
I think I have another sighting of the same fly at 4543660. I searched on iNat and ALA and could not find anything similar. Thanks for Identifying this one Kim and Keith.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.025067-35.214455
- Altitude 570.2m
- Maps Umbagong District Park
- Places Latham, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Dec 2021 11:43 AM Recorded on
- Roger Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- Roger Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chloropidae (family) Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Chloropidae (family) Scientific name
- Frit fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1204.6m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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6 / 7
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- Verified by an expert moderator
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