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RogerF
wrote:
8 Sep 2025
I have a similar picture of the same unidentified species also on Acacia blossom. It may be a muscid.
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Hejor1
wrote:
7 Sep 2025
@
RogerF
this is a complete guess on my part, don't put too much stock in it!
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RogerF
wrote:
7 Sep 2025
I don’t think this is Milichiidae but will check with CSIRO.
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MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
1 Sep 2025
Sapromyza victoriae?
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MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
31 Aug 2025
Possibly is Chrysotimus
Dolichopodidae (family)
Significant sightings
Sigmatomera (Austrolimnobia) victoriae
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Cook, ACT
Dacus (genus)
at
Narrabundah, ACT
Sphaeniscus atilius
at
Melba, ACT
Microconops (genus)
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Campbell, ACT
Euprosopia subula
Panops conspicuus
at
Wilsons Valley, NSW
Sapromyza alboatra
Sapromyza riparia
at
Bungendore, NSW
Anacanthella (genus)
at
McKellar, ACT
Asphondylia dodonaeae
at
Wodonga, VIC
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