Signal fly at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Rivellia sp. (genus) | 29 Apr 2022 | KimberiRP | ||
| Platystomatidae (family) | 27 Apr 2022 | RogerF | ||
| Unverified | 27 Apr 2022 | TimL |
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User's notes
Love at first sight.... The smaller fly (male?) kept moving from one side of the larger fly to the other, whilst moving its wings backwards and forwards.
2 comments
TimL
wrote:
28 Apr 2022
The larger fly wasn't impressed. In the final image it placed a leg onto the back of the smaller fly, which got the message and flew off in search of a new love....
Location information
- Coordinates 149.104663-35.275217
- Altitude 657.4m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 15 Apr 2022 11:06 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Rivellia sp. (genus) Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Rivellia sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Signal fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 742.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes