Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly ID needed - please!
Posted by dpastern on 16-01-2008 01:34
#1
Spotted this Fly just under 2 weeks ago (5th January) on a shrub in our garden. I'm not sure what type of plant the shrub was.
Location: Ipswich, Australia (just southwest of Brisbane). It was sunning itself late in the afternoon.
This is a crop of the original image, size estimate is about 6mm.
I'm not sure what was meant by "substrate". Anyways, onto the image:
Brian [LordV] suggested that I post it here for an ID as it was an unusual looking Fly.
Cheers,
Dave
Posted by Steve Gaimari on 16-01-2008 05:57
#2
Beautiful photo of a beautiful fly! This is a lauxaniid - species is Cephaloconus tenebrosus.
Posted by dpastern on 16-01-2008 06:06
#3
Thank you Stephen!!!! This has been bugging me for a few weeks now! They seem a bit more nervous than the usual flies. This is only the 2nd time in a year that I've seen one of these, so they don't seem very common. I'm usually out in the garden a fair bit with the camera taking images of its inhabitants ;-)
Thanks again, much appreciated.
Cheers,
Dave
Posted by robertwhyte on 27-01-2008 00:20
#4
Here is another image of what looks to me like the same fly. It was resting on a leaf of a frangipanni in my garden at The Gap, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on Sunday, 20 January 2008. Not such a sharp or good image as Dave's, but I'm hoping it's good enough to get a confiramation that it is the Lauxaniid Cephaloconus tenebrosus. It was also about 6mm and allowed itself to be photographed quite closely without flying away. It doesn't appear to be a traditional-looking fly so I am wondering if it is mimicking something, perhaps a treehopper, and if so, why?
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-01-2008 00:36
#5
the same fly! :) crazy these Lauxaniids. The most spectacular event I've seen among the flies was precisely in this family!!! I'm talking about eversible glands' action. :D
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 27-01-2008 00:39
Posted by dpastern on 27-01-2008 02:51
#6
Robert, certainly looks like the same type of fly to me! What is 'eversible glands' action' btw?
Dave
Posted by Steve Gaimari on 27-01-2008 08:47
#7
yes, this is the same fly. the eversible glands referred to were from a terrific series of photographs of a species of Meiosimyza a couple months ago.
Posted by dpastern on 01-04-2010 15:54
#8
Took this 2 weeks ago, heavily pregnant female. 3:1. Since my original image is no longer working due to my original flickr account expiring, I decided to add this new (and much better) image!
http://www.flickr...1/sizes/o/
Dave
Edited by dpastern on 01-04-2010 15:54
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-04-2010 16:22
#9
Please add this photo to the gallery. Thanks.
Posted by dpastern on 02-04-2010 05:55
#10
I did that last night, but it's not showing. I didn't get any error messages, is their some sort of approval that happens before images appear in the gallery?
Dave
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-04-2010 11:11
#11
yes. you need wait for the approval.
Posted by dpastern on 03-04-2010 10:44
#12
Ah yes, it's there now, thanks!
Dave