Diptera (order)

Fly - Unidentified at Aranda, ACT

Diptera (order) at Aranda, ACT - 16 Mar 2024
Diptera (order) at Aranda, ACT - 16 Mar 2024
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Diptera (order) 22 Mar 2024 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 21 Mar 2024 KMcCue

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Not great but someone may recognise the fly

2 comments

   22 Mar 2024
It is either a blow fly of a bristle fly - I think a blow fly is more likely
KMcCue wrote:
   22 Mar 2024
That was my thought Michael, a blow fly, but it didn't seem plausible, on a flower.

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