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Tangle veined fly

Tricophthalma punctata

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

A medium sized fly; tan with black dorsal flecks, dark tinted costae; long proboscis for flowers. (Approx. 15mm long)

Habitat:

Feeding on flowering Leptospermum near mixed eucalyptus forest.

Notes:

Species not confirmed. <br> Several other images exist for this one by 'fly experts' but most are named to genus level only. <br> http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/61927 <br> http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/3771

Reference Links:

Trichophthalma | Atlas of Living Australia

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