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Wood gnat

Sylvicola sp.

Description:

Another unusual type of fly with weird eyes and dark markings through the wings. About 18mm long. This one has white parts on the back of it's eyes.

Habitat:

Attracted to night lights at the local school.

Notes:

order: DIPTERA zoological_division: Lower Diptera infraorder: BIBIONOMORPHA family: ANISOPODIDAE subfamily: ANISOPODINAE genus: Sylvicola Chrysopyla dubius Rhyphus brevis ...... Also seen at Cathedral Ranges to genus level http://lifeunseen.com/index2_item_5665.p... http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b... ................. not even same as http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/386...

1 Comment

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Anisopodidae, Sylvicola sp.

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Sep 4, 2013
Submitted on Sep 11, 2013

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