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Hanging fly

Bittacidae

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

40-50mm long, body 30mm, very light (didn't bend tall thin grasses much)

Habitat:

Grassy hillside, open sclerophyll forest.

Notes:

Immediately after solid rains, long grasses mixed, many in small area and some mating in flight. Very fragile looking.

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PublishedNovember 28, 2011

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