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Trichophthalma laetilinea

Tangled Vein Fly at Acton, ACT

Trichophthalma laetilinea at Acton, ACT - 13 Oct 2018
Trichophthalma laetilinea at Acton, ACT - 13 Oct 2018
Trichophthalma laetilinea at Acton, ACT - 13 Oct 2018
Trichophthalma laetilinea at Acton, ACT - 13 Oct 2018
Trichophthalma laetilinea at Acton, ACT - 13 Oct 2018
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Trichophthalma laetilinea 15 Oct 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Trichophthalma laetilinea 15 Oct 2018 RogerF

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Possibly a hairy bee fly, except that it had distinct markings on the thorax. The fly was observed for around 2 minutes and it was noticeable that its wings were never still and moved so fast that the camera/flash didn't highlight them.

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RogerF wrote:
   16 Oct 2018
I sent the fly into David Yeates at ANIC where it was identified as a tangled vein fly by his PhD student, Xuancun Li, who is doing a PhD on Nemestrinidae.

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