Insects
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
Hopefully some-one else will be able to confirm to level of genus
Chironomidae (family)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
24 Feb 2025
a bee fly
Comptosia sp. (genus)
WHall wrote:
24 Feb 2025
A moth???
Comptosia sp. (genus)
KimberiRP wrote:
24 Feb 2025
Comptosia sp.
Comptosia sp. (genus)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
23 Feb 2025
feeding
Ceratopogonidae (family)

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Tipulidae sp. (family)

Neoscleropogon sp. (genus) at Symonston, ACT

Villa sp (genus) at Cook, ACT

Chironomidae (family) at Melba, ACT

Chironomidae (family) at Reid, ACT

Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua at Dunlop, ACT

Bibionidae (family)

Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua at Dunlop, ACT

Chironomidae (family) at Melba, ACT

Pogonortalis doclea

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