by Peter Rowland | Friday, October 16, 2020
Banana Stalk-fly Scientific Name: Telostylinus lineolatus Size: TL 20mm What does it look like? The Banana-stalk Fly is dark brown and yellowish-cream, with large red eyes on elongated head, and moderately long, thickened antennae with single long thin arista arising...
by Peter Rowland | Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Oriental Latrine fly Scientific Name: Chrysomya megacephala Size: 11mm What does it look like? The Oriental Latrine Fly has a metallic blue-green body and large red eyes that meet in the male but are separated in the female, and sponge-like mouthparts. A single pair...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Robber Fly Scientific Name: Colepia ingloria Size: Total Length 30 mm What does it look like? The Robber Fly is large, grey and brown, with reddish legs and greyish-brown wings not extending beyond tip of abdomen. Where is it found? It occurs in eastern Australia,...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
March Fly Scientific Name: Tabanus australicus Size: Total Length 13 mm What does it look like? The March Fly is solidly built with large reflective, iridescent eyes, which meet in the middle in males. The eyes are larger than those of the Stable Fly, and are green in...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
House Fly Scientific Name: Musca domestica Size: Total Length 8mm What does it look like? The House Fly thorax and abdomen is greyish (although the abdomen is paler), with four blackish longitudinal lines on the thorax, and a single pair of transparent triangular...
