Scuttle Fly
S2, Dorsal, ~2mm
Scuttle Fly
S2, Posterior
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| Scuttle Fly S2, Dorsal, ~2mm | | Scuttle Fly S2, Posterior | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Flies (Diptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Scuttle Fly (Phoridae) | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Scuttle Fly (Megaselia sp)| This Photo: | S2, Profile | General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere A very small fly. At first it was hard to determine if it was even Diptera, with the hairy face hiding the usual small antennae of flies. We suspect there are 3 different species here as they are different sizes & colours, but all with the striped body and pronounced hairy face.
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