Pending ID – Sciaridae – Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania

Pending ID – Sciaridae

#1. Female
Mid August 2010
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
photo KE

#2. Female
Mid June 2011
Hobart
Photo AD

#3. Female
Early August 2011
Hobart
Photo AD

#4. Female
Mid October 2011
kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Photo AD

#5. Female
Late November 2012
Franklin
Photo AD

#6. Mating couple
Mid November 2014
Buckland
Photos AD
In this pair the male has noticeably longer antennae and a distinct bend, or kink, in the apical third. The second and third photographs are of the female from this pair. The last two photographs are of the male post copulation – he displayed by flapping his wings intermittently at pace while walking around the immediate substrate.

#7. Female
Late March 2013
Approximately 2mm head to wingtip
Mount Wellington/ kunanyi
Photo

#8. Female
Early June 2013
Ulverstone
photo KE

#9. Male
Mid August 2015
Mount Nelson
Photo AD

#10. Early September 2016
The Domain, Hobart
photo KE

#11. Early May 2017
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
photo KE

#12. Early October 2016
Bridport
photo KE

#13. Late March 2017
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart/ nipaluna
photo KE

#14. Early July 2017
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart/ nipaluna
photo KE

#15. Mid July 2018
Bridport
This fly was trapped in the surface tension of a creek, then freed to walk over the granite boulders (then fly off!).
photo KE