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- This page contains pictures and information about Bush Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Bush Flies develop as maggots in the animals dung. Adults have two stripes
on their back. The Common House Fly Musca domestica is also in
this family.
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- Common Bush Fly
 
- Musca sp., (Musca vetustissima ?),
mating couple, body length 10mm and 12mm
- Pictures were taken near Moolabin Creek in mid
summer. Please also check this page for more
information.
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- Blue Fly, Black Garbage Fly or Dump Fly
  - Ophyra sp. or Neomyia sp., body length 5mm
- We usually found them rest on leaves in dense forest. Please also check
this page for more details.
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- Unknown Fly
  - ? sp., body length 6mm
- We found this mating pair in Yugarapul Park during early summer on a
Banksia tree. Look like the Muscid but not too sure.
- Reference:
- 1. Muscidae
Bush Flies - Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p780.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p375.
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