![]() | Compost Fly Male, head & large eyes | Bubble-leg March Fly Male, profile | ![]() | |||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
Family: | March Fly (Bibionidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Bubble-leg March Fly (Dilophus sp ES02) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Male, dorsal🔎 | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~5.25mm long. The spines on the front tibia & the swollen rear tarsi are diagnostic, as are the number of segments on the antennae This one landed on us as we were walking around Ellura in the early afternoon. Found one male in April. | |||||
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