1 Dance fly at Yarralumla, ACT
Identification history
| Empididae (family) | 4 Nov 2025 | KimberiRP | ||
| Unverified | 4 Nov 2025 | Debbie05 |
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User's notes
Found at the STEP Garden in the Arboretum
1 comment
KimberiRP
wrote:
4 Nov 2025
Good find and great images! It's possibly an Empis, the genus that the family Empididae is founded on.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066083-35.285356
- Maps Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Oct 2025 10:55 AM Recorded on
- Debbie05 Recorded by
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Collections
Debbie05 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects Empididae (family) Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- Hakea Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Empididae (family) Scientific name
- Dance fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1474.9m 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
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