![]() | Large Scarab Fly Anterior | Large Scarab Fly Ventral | ![]() | |||
Animals Plants Info |
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||||||||||||||
Order: | Flies (Diptera) | |||||||||||||||
Family: | Pyrgotid Fly (Pyrgotidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
Species: | Large Scarab Fly (Cardiacera sp ES01)This Photo: | 🔍Wing Venation🔎 | Other name: | Light Fly | Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere A large fly with body ~16mm. These parasitise scarab beetles. Also called a Light Fly as they are nocturnal and come to night lights. Found nearly dead after a mothing night. Very unusual wing venation.
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