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52 native species of true fliestooltip local to the area have been found on the Pinnacle Nature Reserve.

Photos below were taken on the Reserve by Alison Milton

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click images to enlarge tap images to enlarge   Scientific name   [Common name]
Bee fly
Comptosia apicalis [White-tipped Bee fly]
Bee flies
  Anthrax sp. (genus)   [Unidentified Anthrax bee fly]
  Bombyliidae sp.   [Unidentified Bee fly]
  Comptosia apicalis   [White-tipped Bee fly]
  Comptosia quadripennis   [A Bee fly]
  Comptosia sp. (genus)   [Unidentified Comptosia bee fly]
  Geron sp. (genus)   [A Slender Bee fly]
  Palirika decora   [A Bee fly]
  Pseudopenthes fenestrata[Window-winged bee fly]
  Villa sp. (genus)   [Unidentified Villa bee fly]
Green/blue blowfly
Chrysomya sp. [Green/blue blowfly]
Blow flies
  Calliphora sp. (genus)   [Unidentified blowfly]
  Chrysomya sp. (genus)   [A green/blue blowfly]
  Lucilia sp. (genus)   [Unidentified blowfly]
Bristle flies
  Chetogaster violacea/viridis (complex)   [A Bristle fly]
  Prosena sp. (genus)   [A Bristle fly]
  Rutilia (Donovanius) sp. (genus & subgenus)   [A Bristle fly]
  Senostoma sp. (genus)   [A parasitoid tachinid fly]
  Tritaxys sp. (genus)   [A Bristle fly]
Crane fly]
Ptilogyna sp. [A crane fly]
Crane flies, Mosquitoes and Gnats
  Aedes alboannulatus   [White-kneed mosquito]
  Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae   [A Gall midge]
  Bibio imitator   [Garden maggot]
  Chironomidae sp. (family)   [A midge]
  Culicidae sp. (family)   [A mosquito]
  Geranomyia sp. (genus)   [A limoniid crane fly]
  Ptilogyna sp. (genus)   [A crane fly]
  Sciaridae sp. (family)   [Black fungus gnat]
  Hover flies
Mydas fly
Miltinus sp. [A Mydas fly]
  Melangyna viridiceps (genus)   [A hover fly]
  Melangyna sp. (genus)   [A hover fly]
  Simosyrphus grandicornis   [Common hover fly]
March or Horse flies
  Dasybasis sp. (genus)   [Unidentified march fly]
  Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua   [A flower-feeding march fly]
  Tabanidae sp. (family)   [Unidentified march or horse fly]
Mydas flies
  Miltinus sp. (genus) Rare or uncommon species**   [A Mydas fly]
A robber fly
Blepharotes sp. [A robber fly]
 
Robber flies
  Asilinae sp. (subfamily)   [Unidentified asiline Robber fly]
  Apothechyla sp. (genus)   [A robber fly]
  Asiola fasciata   [A robber fly]
  Blepharotes sp. (genus)   [A robber fly]
  Cerdistus sp. (genus)   [A robber fly]
  Chrysopogon muelleri   [A robber fly]
  Leptogaster sp. (genus)   [A robber fly]
Stiletto flies
    Therevidae sp. (family)   [Unidentified stiletto fly]
Tangle-vein fly
Trichophthalma punctata [A Tangle-vein fly]
Tangle-vein flies
  Trichophthalma punctata   [A Tangle-vein fly]
  Trichophthalma sp. (genus)   [A Tangle-vein fly]
Other True flies
  Austrotephritis poenia   [Australian fruit fly]
  Cardiacera sp. (genus)   [A Scarab fly]
  Helina sp. (genus)   [A Muscid fly]
  Lecomyia sp. (genus)   [A Lauxaniid fly]
  Melanina sp. (genus)   [A Lauxaniid fly]
  Odontomyia hunteri   [A Soldier fly]
    Parapalaeosepsis plebeia   [Ant fly]
    Poecilohetaerus aquilus   [A Lauxaniid fly]
    Stomorhina discolor   [Snout fly]
    Stomorhina sp. (genus)   [Snout fly]
   

** rare or uncommon species
A robber fly
Scaptia(Scaptia) auriflua [Flower feeding march fly]
 
A robber fly
Cerdistus sp. [A robber fly]
 

 

For more photos from the Pinnacle and elsewhere in the ACT, follow this link to NatureMapr

https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Locations/Guide/63/277

tooltip True flies belong to the insect Order Diptera and are flies having two pairs of wings. Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics.