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Ant Fly - Family Sepsidae

This page contains pictures and information about Ant Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Body length 6mm
 
This is a small family. Flies in this family are small and ant-like. They have the habit of continuously waving the wings when at rest. Adults usually found in swarm. Their larvae live mainly in mammal faeces.  
 
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? Australosepsis sp. body length 6mm

Reference:
1. Insects of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p769.
2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p371.

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