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Family Sepsidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Ant Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 4mm
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- This small fly is ant-like and black in colour. Its wings are clear and
have a small dark spot on wing near apex. They
have the habit of continuously waving the wings when at rest.
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- Found this small fly on Mt Coot-tha on Nov 2010.
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- Above photo was taken in Lamington Park on Dec 2010. There were hundreds of
them on a one meter tall plants.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p769.
- 2. Biogeography of Australian Sepsidae (Diptera) - D. H. Colless, Aust. J. Zool., 1980, 28, 65-78.
- 3. AUSTRALIAN SEPSIDAE (DIPTERA) - Jan Zuska and Donald H. Colless, J. Aust. ent. Soc.. 1984, 23: 59-67.
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