Austrosciapus sp. (genus)

Long-legged fly at Wodonga, VIC

Austrosciapus sp. (genus) at Wodonga, VIC - 5 Sep 2021
Austrosciapus sp. (genus) at Wodonga, VIC - 5 Sep 2021
Austrosciapus sp. (genus) at Wodonga, VIC - 5 Sep 2021
Austrosciapus sp. (genus) at Wodonga, VIC - 5 Sep 2021
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Identification history

Austrosciapus sp. (genus) 6 Sep 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 6 Sep 2021 KylieWaldon

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I got this cool mosquito looking insect - it had green eyes and green on its body with iridescent wings. Its flying behaviour caught my attention rather than its colouring which was hard to see.

3 comments

   6 Sep 2021
Huge effort @Kyliegw, well done for reaching 1,000 records added to AWNM :)
   6 Sep 2021
Fantastic effort Kylie - This record of a long legged fly is, like many of your records, one of the few records of this species in the Wodonga-Albury area - you are literally putting species on the map. Long-legged flies are predators on small soft bodied insects like aphids - so this is a good fly to have.
KylieWaldon wrote:
   7 Sep 2021
Thank u AWNM and MichaelM. Hard to believe its that many. I don't mind getting bitten by mosquitos if they are this pretty!

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  • 5 Sep 2021 10:29 AM Recorded on
  • KylieWaldon Recorded by

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  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size
  • Unknown Gender

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