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Tricophthalma punctata
A medium sized fly; tan with black dorsal flecks, dark tinted costae; long proboscis for flowers. (Approx. 15mm long)
Feeding on flowering Leptospermum near mixed eucalyptus forest.
Species not confirmed.
Several other images exist for this one by 'fly experts' but most are named to genus level only.
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
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