A long-legged fly at Weston, ACT
Identification history
| Heteropsilopus ingenuus | 23 Jan 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Heteropsilopus ingenuus | 19 Jan 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Austrosciapus sp. (genus) | 18 Jan 2024 | Kenp12 |
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User's notes
Running around on the leaves, probably trying to find food.
1 comment
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
19 Jan 2024
Fantastic fly photos Ken - you should enter them into the Canberra nature Map photographic competition. I think large but separated dark patches on the wings and smaller black marking towards the front of wing suggests that this is Heteropsilopus ingenuus
Location information
- Coordinates 149.061554-35.335194
- Places Weston, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 14 Jan 2024 05:49 PM Recorded on
- Kenp12 Recorded by
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Photographic Competition - best invertebrate animal image Kenp12 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Heteropsilopus ingenuus Long-legged Flies (Dolichopodidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- Japanese Anemone Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Other activity Insect behaviour on flower
Species information
- Heteropsilopus ingenuus Scientific name
- A long-legged fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 803.1m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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