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I've lived in Australia for over 5 years now and I've never seen this bug before. Tried all sorts of Google search keywords to no avail.

Found it hanging on my window. I live in Central Victoria.

Does anyone know what this is?

Thanks in advance.

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[–] uservoid1 12 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

A type of robberfly. They are not as obvious as dragonflies but still relatively common. I've seen them in NSW several times. Granted, the more urban the surroundings the less I see them so perhaps that's something to take into account.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[–] SonnyVabitch 2 points 9 months ago

Government surveillance drone

[–] GreyVulpine 1 points 9 months ago
[–] StickyDango 1 points 9 months ago

This is lovely, thank you all for the responses! I've done a little bit of reading up on robber flies and decided that it was a good idea I didn't go outside to take photos in case it decided to bite me for getting too close... I'm allergic to bug bites, and this might send me over the edge.

I like small-legged animals except what some of them do to me.

Cheers, everyone, for showing/teaching me a new animal.