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DSCN3253 possible fly for ID TOP VIEW

Genus Deineches

Deineches nudiventris

Early March 2025
Nipaluna/Hobart
trapped indoors
Specimen deftly captured by Tamsin Singleton
Photos KE

IMG 2399  IMG 2404  IMG 2405   IMG 2407  IMG 2413  IMG 2415  IMG 2416  IMG 2417  IMG 2418  IMG 2419  IMG 2420  IMG 2421  IMG 2423  IMG 2424  IMG 2426  IMG 2428  IMG 2429  IMG 2430  IMG 2432  IMG 2435  IMG 2436  IMG 2437  IMG 2438  IMG 2441  IMG 2439

Late March 2026
Nipaluna/Hobart
trapped indoors
Photos KE

IMG 1971  IMG 1972  IMG 1974  IMG 1976  IMG 1966  IMG 1963

Female
Mid March 2014
Wynyard
Donated photos.
Deineches nudiventris female Deineches nudiventris female Deineches nudiventris female

Female ovipositing into bark.
Mid March 2021
Inglis River
Images by Marlies Bugmann, used with permission.
DSCN3258 Deineches nudiventris laying eggs 2  DSCN3253 possible fly for ID TOP VIEW  DSCN3263 laying eggs 

 

The Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania team acknowledges the palawa people; the traditional owners of lutruwita/ Tasmania. We respect their knowledge, connection and care of the land that we share and its ecosystems, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.  

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