Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian scale insect

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 28-12-2016 19:26
#1

Can anyone suggest a family for this fly? Doesn't look like a dipteran, but it appears to have only two wings, and no halteres? Really small, less than a millimeter. Light trap, Townsville, Queensland.

Edited by Graeme Cocks on 29-12-2016 19:33

Posted by Tony Irwin on 29-12-2016 19:22
#2

Looks like a male scale insect to me.

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 29-12-2016 19:31
#3

Thanks Tony