0001: Robberfly
Phellus sp. Asilidae
Upper Lort River, WA
0002: Beefly
Exoprosopa sp. Bombyliidae
Broome, WA

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0003: Giant Australian Mosquito
Toxorhynchites speciosus.
Culicidae
Brisbane, Qld
0005:Brown-eyed Marchfly
Tabanidae
Mt Nebo, Qld















   


  DIPTERA
(Australian Flies)
    
     
  Australia is home to around 8,000 species of flies. They exploit almost all available ecological niches from carcasses, fruit, predators, to the surface of the sea.

We also have some of the world’s largest species.

65 more species available in the collection 		 
   
   
 
0004: Greeneyed March Fly
Tabanidae
Mt Nebo, Qld