Long-legged flies

Long-legged flies

Long-legged flies Scientific Name: Multiple species Size: Total Length 1-9mm What does it look like? Characterized by long, slender legs. Most species metallic green or bronze, occasionally yellow, and banded with black, but a few can be dull brown or black. Abdomen...
Dotted-wing lauxaniid flies

Dotted-wing lauxaniid flies

Dotted-wing lauxaniid flies Scientific Name: Homoneura spp. Size: Total Length 6mm What does it look like? Overall colouration brownish to orange with reddish compound eyes. Body has sparse blackish hairs, and legs moderately long. Wings longer than body, translucent...
Queensland Fruit Fly

Queensland Fruit Fly

Queensland Fruit Fly Scientific Name: Bactrocera (Bactrocera) tryoni Size: Total Length 5-8mm What does it look like? The Queensland Fruit Fly, or Q-Fly, is reddish-brown to dark brown and yellow, with red eyes and membranous wings. Where is it found? Mainly through...
Giant Yellow Robber Fly

Giant Yellow Robber Fly

Giant Yellow Robber Fly Scientific Name: Blepharotes coriarius Size: Total Length 45 mm What does it look like? The Giant Yellow Robber Fly is large, grey and black, with bright yellow hairs on upper surface of abdomen and greyish-brown wings extending beyond tip of...
Banana Stalk-fly

Banana Stalk-fly

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...

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