Empididae (family)

1 Dance fly at Paddys River, ACT

Empididae (family) at Paddys River, ACT - 4 Dec 2022
Empididae (family) at Paddys River, ACT - 4 Dec 2022
Empididae (family) at Paddys River, ACT - 4 Dec 2022
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Identification history

Empididae (family) 28 Mar 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Empididae (family) 22 Dec 2022 DPRees125

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Think it is this family, there are a couple of similar images from SE NSW and Vic on ALA, Id'd as such

4 comments

AJB wrote:
   22 Dec 2022
Great photo! RogerF is very interested in the pollinator for this plant!
DPRees125 wrote:
   22 Dec 2022
There were also Montane Ochre blundering arround on them feeding away and getting covered in pollen, plus a few other things which I'm getting to.
AJB wrote:
   22 Dec 2022
Good grief! I haven' t see anything on them at all! Well done!!
RogerF wrote:
   18 Aug 2023
A good sighting. Pimelea linifolia is now coming into flower locally eg Black Mtn and ANBG. The list of visitors is slowly growing. I wonder if there are nocturnal visitors?

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  • True Pollinator Insect on Flower

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