The adult Hangingflies have two pairs of wings, long spindly legs, and claws for gripping. They have biting and chewing mouthparts at end of a beak-like structure on the head, and good vision with their compound eyes. Both larvae and adult live in moist environments, such as marshes and soaks. When hunting they use their forelegs to hang from low vegetation, and capture small passing insects with their hind-legs. Their flexible claws will snap tight to hold a small insect.
Harpobittacus australis is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast
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Aranda Bushland ATEST2 Black Mountain Block 402 Blue Gum Point to Attunga Bay Boro Bullen Range Bungonia National Park Callum Brae Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Dryandra St Woodland Emu Creek Farrer Ridge Federal Golf Course Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Gibraltar Pines Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Glenbog State Forest Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Hall Cemetery Higgins Woodland Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby Jedbinbilla Kosciuszko National Park Kuringa Woodlands Lake Burley Griffin West Lower Molonglo Melrose Molonglo River Reserve Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Majura Mount Mugga Mugga Mount Painter Mount Taylor Mulligans Flat Namadgi National Park Pine Island to Point Hut Piney Ridge Point Hut to Tharwa Pomaderris Nature Reserve QPRC LGA Red Hill Nature Reserve Rob Roy Range Rugosa Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park Stranger Pond Sweeney's TSR The Pinnacle Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tinderry Mountains Tinderry Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Hill Urambi Hills Wanniassa Hill West Stromlo Woodstock Nature ReserveSurvey points
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