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Hanging fly

harpobittacus nigriceps

Photo by lori.tas
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Also called a scorpion fly.

Habitat:

Native pasture.

Notes:

It was hanging from two legs while rubbing its other feet and legs together to clean them.

This species is endemic to Australia.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Mark Ridgway
Nice! Yours is actually hanging. Good shot of the weirdo hooks too. I just found another interesting doc about them and we might have to swap names http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IT9940767.htm Let me know what you think.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2011

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