Moth Fly
Dorsal
Large Scarab Fly
Dorsal
| Moth Fly Dorsal | | Large Scarab Fly Dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
| Family: | Moth Fly (Psychodidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Moth Fly (Psychoda sp) | ||||
| This Photo: | Scaly Wings | ||||
| Other names: | Bathroom Fly, Drainfly, Drain Fly, Drain-fly, Mothfly or Moth-fly | ||||
Thank you Victor Engel for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere Very hairy little fly. We thought it was a tiny moth, as do most people when they first see them we suspect. While transferring petrol these little tiny insects were attracted to the fumes. So was able to get a number of photo's of them. Unfortunately they then decided to land on the spilt fuel on the container and got stuck. But it gave a chance to measure their size; wingspan of ~6mm, body & head length ~2mm. They seemed white, but that's probably flash & shiny hairs. Notice in the overhead shot the hairs running along the wing veins. The body seems to have a few lateral stripes. | |||||
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