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Red-eyed Lauxaniid fly

Sapromyza sciomyzina

Description:

A 6mm long fly with a thick orange thorax, large deep red eyes and a rounded black abdomen.

Habitat:

Spotted flying around leaves of a eucalyptus tree.

Notes:

A very active fly -difficult to capture ! Family: Lauxaniidae

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Leuba Ridgway
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Leuba Ridgway

Spotted on Jan 21, 2014
Submitted on Jan 24, 2014

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