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True flies (Diptera)

True flies (Diptera)

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True flies (Diptera)

Bee flies (Bombyliidae)
Blow flies (Calliphoridae)
Bristle Flies (Tachinidae)
Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families)
Flower-loving flies (Apioceridae)
Hover flies (Syrphidae)
Long-legged Flies (Dolichopodidae)
March or Horse flies (Tabanidae)
Mydas flies (Mydidae)
Pelecorhynchid flies (Pelecorhynchidae)
Robber flies (Asilidae)
Stiletto flies (Therevidae)
Tangle-vein flies (Nemestrinidae)
Other true flies

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:
Yesterday
A male
Boreoides subulatus
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
Yesterday
A male
Boreoides subulatus
WendyEM wrote:
Yesterday
aaah .....I did wonder about those fat front legs! thanks Kim. Tapeigaster " .... can be recognised by the combination of the thorax dorsally striped, the mid and fore femora noticeably inflated (compared to the hind femora),..." SOURCE (21/06/2025) https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniadiptera/suborder-brachycera/infraorder-cyclorrhapha/heleomyzidae/genus-tapeigaster/tapeigaster-annulipes/
I gather they have an interest in fungi - the pictures on this reference are sitting on fungi, like mine Tapeigaster sp. = Fungus flies
Tapeigaster sp. (genus)
KimberiRP wrote:
20 Jun 2025
Tapeigaster sp. (Heteromyzidae)
Tapeigaster sp. (genus)
KimberiRP wrote:
19 Jun 2025
Very striking - I would have thought it would be easy to identify. Looks like Gynoplistia (in Limoniidae) but I haven't found a match.
Tipuloidea sp. (superfamily)

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