The Fungus Fly

Photographed in the past on fungi in the bush, it was interesting to see several on clumps of fungi on decaying tree roots in the garden. Males guard their chosen fungus caps and when joined by a female they move under the cap where they mate and the female lays her eggs.

Male Tapeigaster annulipes on guard, click to enlarge.

Another Small Collection

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A Bristle Fly, genus Senostoma, one of many on the garden tree trunks.

Visitors to the moth light, first a lacewing, Dictyochrysa peterseni

A Spear Mosquito, Anopheles annulipes

Pleasing to see a number of Dicamptus fuscicornis come in

And a regular, a Carrion Beetle, Ptomophila lacrymosa