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MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
36 min ago
Black Dot closest to body and black line above that on wings is distinctive
Helina sp. (genus)
KylieWaldon
wrote:
20 Sep 2025
TY for ID michael. Haven't had one of those before. :)
Chrysopilus sp. (genus)
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
20 Sep 2025
Sorry image a bit blurry for identification
Calyptrate (subsection)
WendyEM
wrote:
19 Sep 2025
Thanks for this. I found a fly, looking like this, in a photo I took of a flower. This has helped me ID it.
Sphenella ruficeps
RogerF
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8 Sep 2025
I have a similar picture of the same unidentified species also on Acacia blossom. It may be a muscid.
Muscidae (family)
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Dacus (genus)
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Sphaeniscus atilius
at
Melba, ACT
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Copmanhurst, NSW
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Wilsons Valley, NSW
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Bungendore, NSW
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Florey, ACT
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