Water Floating Fly
Close up on mouth
Gall Inducing Fly
| Water Floating Fly Close up on mouth | | Gall Inducing Fly | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
| Family: | Shore Fly (Ephydridae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Water Floating Fly (Brachydeutera sydneyensis) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Mouth lapping water🔎 | ||||
Thank you Niels-Jan Dek for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere Small light brown & white fly regularly seen floating on water. They float there lapping up water with their elongated mouths at a very rapid rate; so getting 2 drinking at once was pure luck. Took so many photo's to get one with the mouth actually touching the water and in reasonable focus. They are so light they can float on 4 legs while using the front, or rear, pair to clean themselves. Similar Species: Long Legged Fly (Hydrophorus praecox) | |||||
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