Vinegar Fly (Acletoxenus formosus)

Over the last couple of weeks, with the number & diversity of insects receding as we head further into autumn, I've been 'focusing' on critters the eye can barely see, experimenting with a lens I can screw to my fixed lens to improve it's macro performance, if not mine.

One of those species was this fascinating and very attractive fly, with few records on the NBN database. This might at least be due in part to under-recording, given it's size.

One of only four species in its genus, watch it here in this brief video, shortened by the fly hiding from me and refusing to come out, just like my mother with the rent man.