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Flash acrobat fly

Depressa striatipennis

Description:

When my flash fired this little fly did strange backflips and landed back on the leaf. The second 2 shots are flash off.
Curved resting shape. About 6mm long.

Habitat:

In an outer urban back yard.

Notes:

family: LAUXANIIDAE
subfamily: Lauxaniinae
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...

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2 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

No my pocket cam is not that good. It doesn't fire the flash when taking a movie.

Carly Brooke
Carly Brooke 9 years ago

Cool! Did you get it on video?

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Dec 10, 2014
Submitted on Dec 13, 2014

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