Sciaridae sp. (family)

Black fungus gnat at Bandiana, VIC

Sciaridae sp. (family) at Bandiana, VIC - 6 Sep 2025 09:31 AM
Sciaridae sp. (family) at Bandiana, VIC - 6 Sep 2025 09:31 AM
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Sciaridae sp. (family) 6 Sep 2025 MichaelMulvaney
Sciaridae sp. (family) 6 Sep 2025 KylieWaldon
Unverified 6 Sep 2025 KylieWaldon

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It was a day of red butt insects. These were in a swarming group together. At first I thought they were gnats but are they something else? They only landed for a few seconds. Mostly low to ground resting on twigs. All of them had bright red almost rose back ends.

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