Green long-legged fly

Austrosciapus connexus

The green long-legged fly is a small fly that shines metallic green. Its wings have two wide brown bands. It stands tall on its thin, long legs.

Lives in

Southwestern and eastern Australia, Norfolk Island, Hawaii and French Polynesia

Length

4.4 to 4.8 mm (0.17 to 0.19 in)

Top speed

about 6.2 km/h (3.9 mph)

Can it hurt you?

Harmless

Harmless. It does not bite or sting.

What does it eat?

Long-legged flies like it hunt even tinier insects.

How big is it?

small enough to sit on your fingernailcould fly across a whole football pitch in 61 secondsmoves 360 times its own body length every second

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A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

Green long-legged fly about 6.2 km/h (3.9 mph)

A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)

A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)

cool stuff

It is only about 4.4 to 4.8 millimetres long.

The two brown bands on its wings join together at the front edge.

It lives on islands far out in the Pacific, as well as in Australia.

you asked

?Is the green long-legged fly dangerous?

No. It is a small, harmless fly.

?How big is the green long-legged fly?

It is about 4.4 to 4.8 millimetres long.

Austrosciapus connexus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
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