#Senostoma

[rattyexplores]

I’m not very good at identifying flies...

The closest ID I could find, is that this fly may be apart of the Senostoma genus (perhaps Senostoma longipes, or Senostoma punctipenne).

30/11/21

[drhoz]

This would land on the sandy paths in Rocky Cape National Park. I like the hint of blue in its sandy shades.

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Tachinid fly, Senostoma sp. Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve, NSW Australia, January 2009. With thanks to Michael Jefferies for the ID.

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Long-legged bristle fly on Eucalyptus.

[drhoz]

#436 - Dexiine Tachinid

Dexia rustica - photo by Rui Andrade

25 years ago or so, I was visiting Canberra and went up Black Mountain to the Telecom Tower there (my father worked for the company, and besides, it has an excellent view out over the city). I was more interested in the large, very long-legged flies that were perching head-down on the Ghost Gums in the gardens.

After I managed to catch one (it was not easy) they turned out to be Tachinids, of the subfamily Dexiinae. The one in the photo above is a Dexia, but mine were most likely Senostoma, a genus well known for spending its time on the top of mountains, in eucalypt forest. They parasitise beetle larvae - sometimes the grub even survives.