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- This page contains pictures and information about Stilt-legged Flies
that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Mimegralla australica, body length 10mm
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- This fly was found near a small pond in Yugarapul Park. It was walking
around on a large leaf seems looking for something. It kept flicking its wings
and front pair of legs, trying to convince us that it were a black
wasp.
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- The larvae live in decaying wood and other vegetable matter.
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- Reference:
- 1. Flies
- family Micropezidae - lifeunseen.com,
by Nick Monaghan.
- 2. Mimegralla australica - Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks, 2004.
- 3. Insects
of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p771.
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