Outhouse fly. Image: Steve Kerr / CC BY
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Diptera
- Whānau
- Family
- Anisopodidae
Te Rahi
- E 7 mm pea te roa o te tinana.
Size range
- Body length about 7 mm
Te Tītaringa
- Nō Aotearoa.
Distribution
- Native
Te Huringa Ora
- Kitea nuitia ai i rō whare, i waho anō.
- Ka kaha te pōhēhē he waeroa kē.
- Kai ai i ngā tipu kua pōporo haere.
Life history
- Common around houses
- Often mistaken for a mosquito, but does not bite
- Larvae feed on decaying vegetation
