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Eye gnat

?Chloropidae

Description:

About 14mm long. An unusual type of fly with caramel and chocolate stripes. The head had a dark stripe in the centre of two pale ones and the thorax seemed to have the reverse. Very short abdomen. Very clear wings. Very banded legs.

Habitat:

Hiding under a eucalyptus leaf in a local national park.

Notes:

http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
http://www.padil.gov.au/barrow-island/se...

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Mark Ridgway
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Mark Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Aug 28, 2014
Submitted on Aug 28, 2014

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