Dolichopodidae (family)

Unidentified Long-legged fly at Merimbula, NSW

Dolichopodidae (family) at Merimbula, NSW - 31 Dec 2020 07:30 AM
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Dolichopodidae (family) 10 Jan 2025 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 31 Dec 2020 KylieWaldon

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This is the prettiest mosquito ever. it was irridescent green with yellow legs! its sitting on a bridge hand rail over brackish back water

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KylieWaldon wrote:
   2 Jan 2021
someone suggested this may be a long legged fly, even though I thought it was a mosquito. this is its back end

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