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- This page contains pictures and information about Dolichopodid Flies
that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 6mm
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- Dolichopodid Flies are small to minute in size with bright metallic colors,
mostly green or bronze. Their legs are long so they have other common name Long-legged
Flies. They are usually found resting on large green leaves.
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Adult Dolichopodid Flies feed on smaller soft body insects such
as aphids.
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- Larvae are usually found in moist soil and under tree bark. They are either
scavengers or predators of other insects larvae.
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- Green Long Legged Fly I
- Heteropsilopus sp. or Sciapus sp., subfamily Sciapodinae, body length 6mm
- This fly is commonly seen in our back yard. Its body is metallic green and
its wings are transparent clear. They usually rest on board
leaves looking for small soft-bodied insects. They are common in Brisbane.
Click here for more information.
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- Green Long Legged Fly II
  - Austrosciapus connexus, subfamily Sciapodinae, body length 6mm
- This fly is metallic green and
its wings are transparent with black pattern. They are common in Brisbane.
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- Green Long Legged Fly III
 - ? sp., body length 4mm
- Picture taken on Dec 2007, Bulimba Creek near Sunnybank.
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- Green Long Legged Fly IV
 - ? sp., body length 4mm
- Picture taken on Dec 2007, Bulimba Creek near Sunnybank.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p760.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p365.
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