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Baloon Fly
Family: Brachystomatidae
-37.9665, 145.391
Field Notes
Description:
About 6 mm long, this fly had dramatic colours black head, thorax, legs and wings and a raspberry red abdomen with white lines. <br> Antennae were short and pointed. The fly also had a sharp blacck rostrum.
Habitat:
Spotted very active around broom tea-tree ( Leptospermum scoparium) in a national park.
Notes:
I first saw this inthe same area in 2014 <br> https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/950956025 <br> This was apparently first placed in family Empididae but is now under Brachystomatidae. The ID to genus and species needs further research and will be updatedwhen I have the information.
Reference Links:
Empididae | Zurqui All-Diptera Biodiversity Inventory
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 1, 2021
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