Dolichopodidae (family)
1 Unidentified Long-legged fly at Wellington Point, QLD
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| Dolichopodidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 10 Jan 2025 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 22 Apr 2022 |
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The second to fifth images show this Long-legged fly doing a 'Crazy Fly' manouvre which typically occurs when the camera pre-flash goes off. The fly was initially in the centre of each image and as the pre-flash went off it did a high speed backwards jump, usually returning to the spot it had just left. The flash and high shutter speed have caught the fly in mid-jump. The first image was taken after the fly did a series of jumps and then gave up.
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Location information
- Places Wellington Point, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- TimL Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL NatureMapr Dolichopodidae (family) Long-legged Flies (Dolichopodidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Dolichopodidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Long-legged fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1421m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species