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Plecia (plecia) sp.
About 18mm long; bright orange abdomen and darker orange 'humped' thorax; tiny head; black legs
Resting on citrus leaves in suburban back yard
The following spotting will show these kind of flies mating highlighting the difference between males and females (the larger ones). http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/671...
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Nov 3, 2013
Submitted on Nov 5, 2013
4 Comments
Could be Stephen. I haven't got back to this one yet. Thanks.
Plecia?
No unfortunately not same individual. They were all on the same small plant.
Clearly Bibionidae
http://brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_mosq...
http://bunyipco.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/102...
Are both the females the same individual?