Insect - Australian Flies

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Flies
Blowflies
Blowfly (Amenia unknown species) 2 images			This Blowfly has a bright orange yellow head and brilliant metallic blue body with black cross bands on abdomen. It looks similar to the Snail Parasite Blowfly but does not have the large white spots. Not sure if it a different species of just a... Read more >
Snail Parasite Blowfly (Amenia imperialis) 3 images			This Snail Parasite Blowfly has a bright orange yellow head with brownish eyes. The body is metallic green and blue with white spots. I'm not sure how widely used the common name is. Read more >
Blowfly (Calliphoridae family ) 2 images			Blowflies have metallic coloured body. Not sure what species these are. Read more >
Blowfly (Metallea sp) 1 image			This blowfly is greyish with brown patterned abdomen. They have prominent bristles on the thorax and abdomen. Read more >
Blowfly (Rhiniinae subfamily ) 1 image			The head and thorax of this blowfly are blue mottled with black. The abdomen is banded black and creamy colour, with some mottling. The mouthparts are quite prominent. Read more >
Bush Flies
Bush Fly (Dichaetomyia sp) 1 image			This species of Dichaetomyia has reddish brown body and red eyes. The body is stocky with strong bristles. These flies are related to the common house fly. Read more >
Crane Flies
Crane Fly (Tipulidae family ) 2 images			Crane Flies have slender bodies and very long legs. The wings are long and narrow. They look like huge Mosquitoes but fortunately they do not bite - in fact adult Crane Flies do not feed at all. Read more >
Dolichopodid Flies
Long Legged Fly (Austrosciapus connexus) 1 image			Long Legged Flies have a metallic green appearance. The abdomen is green and black stripes and wings have black bands. As their common name suggests, they have long legs. Read more >
Flesh Flies
Grey-Striped Fly (Sarcophaga aurifrons) 2 images			Grey-Striped Fly have black and grey stripes running down thorax from the head and do not have a metallic appearance. The eyes are orange red. Read more >
Fruit Flies
Fruit Fly (Tephritidae family ) 1 image			Fruit Flies are small to medium sized flies. This species has bright red eyes. When at rest, they often hold their wings outwards like paddles. This fly is larger than the Vinegar Flies which also feed on fruit. Read more >
Horse Flies, March Flies
March Fly (Tabanidae family ) 3 images			March Flies (also known as Horse Flies) are large strongly built flies with large eyes - the male's eyes meet in the middle. The eyes often reflect iridescent colour patterns. The "feet" (or tarsi) have three pads instead of two. Some species... Read more >
Hover Flies
Wasp-mimicking Hover Fly (Ceriana sp) 1 image			This Ceriana species is banded black and orange like a wasp. The antennae appear to be joined at the bottom and branch out in a y-shape? They probably mimic wasps to deter predators. Read more >
Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) 2 images			The Native Drone Fly is a brightly coloured hover fly with large strange spotted eyes. The body is black and orange striped. They have a hovering flight and make a droning noise like a bee, hence the common name. Read more >
Common Hover Fly (Ischiodon scutellaris) 1 image			The Common Hover Fly has black and yellow striped abdomen and looks a bit like a wasp. They are often seen hovering near flowers. They feed on nectar and help to pollinate the flowers. The larvae are brown. Read more >
Lauxaniidae
no common name (Homoneura sp.) 2 images			This Homoneura species is a small fly with large red compound eyes. The body is orange brown with sparse long hairs. The legs are quite long and the wings are smoky coloured with dark spots. The larvae feed in leaf litter. Read more >
Mosquitoes
Mosquito (Culicidae family ) 4 images			Mosquitoes are well known flies with small wings. Most species are from the tropics, and anyone who has been to these parts will be familiar with the bites and the high-pitched whine of these pests. Only the females bite - they feed before... Read more >
Robber Flies
Robber Fly (Asilidae family ) 1 image			Robber Flies are medium to large hunting flies with long strong legs used to catch prey on flight. They have large eyes, and distinct "neck" between the head and abdomen. The abdomen is long and thin. Most species have a beard of stiff bristles... Read more >
Soldier Flies
American Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) 3 images			The American Soldier Fly looks like a wasp with black body and dark wings. The eyes appear to have a pattern of blue and green markings. At rest it holds its wings folded on top of each other along the abdomen. The antennae form a V-shape. The lower... Read more >
Soldier Fly (Odontomyia sp) 1 image			This Soldier Fly is brightly coloured with green thorax and yellow abdomen with bronze pattern down the back. The eyes are large and meet in the centre. It rests with wings folded on top of each other along the abdomen. Read more >
Tachinid flies
Tachnid Fly (Rutilia sp) 1 image			This fly has a metallic silver head and brown eyes. The body is a glossy metallic blue green, with bronze tinge towards end of abdomen. Read more >
Vinegar Flies
Vinegar Fly (Drosophila sp) 1 image			Vinegar Flies are tiny flies that are attracted to fermenting fruit. These are the tiny flies that you see on the fruit in supermarkets and in your fruit bowl. This genus is used extensively in experiments in genetic theory as they have a very short... Read more >