Other true flies


Other true flies

Announcements

4 hrs ago

It's relatively common for people to upload sightings which may actually contain multiple species.E.g. photos of a plant that may also have captured an insect on one of the leaves OR a photo containin...


Continue reading

Capital Ecology backs NatureMapr for 2026

NatureMapr integrates with Wildlife Insights for NSW based camera trap data

NatureMapr update

Platform update

Discussion

DiBickers wrote:
12 hrs ago
Have verified as per ID provided by Kim Pullen😊

Hermetia illucens
KimberiRP wrote:
Yesterday
Hermetia illucens, a Soldier fly (family Stratiomyidae)

Hermetia illucens
DiBickers wrote:
10 Jun 2025
@kasiaaus I’ll add Diptera sp. as a Suggestion for you😊

Diptera (order)
kasiaaus wrote:
9 Jun 2025
Thank you @DiBickers. I did not see any mud nest nearby so it is probably a fly larva. The spider with the parasite was on a gum tree trunk about 1.5m off the ground.

Diptera (order)
DiBickers wrote:
9 Jun 2025
@kasiaaus if these spiders were found near a broken mud nest it’s likely the grub is a wasp larva. If you found it out in the open with no nest nearby it’s likely this is a fly larva. An example that target spiders are the small-headed flies (Family Acroceridae). Unfortunately, I’ve never seen them ID’d in these instances & the only way to ensure identification is truly accurate would be to raise it and see what hatches after the larva pupates.

Diptera (order)
823,862 sightings of 22,548 species from 14,218 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
NatureMapr is developed and subsidised by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made