Malaise trap; Short tussocks, long tussocks, moss, lichen, Pilosella officinarum, exotic grasses

ID based on male hypopygium Fig. 37 in Bickel, D.J. 1991: Sciapodinae, Medeterinae (Insecta: Diptera) with a generic review of the Dolichopodidae. Fauna of New Zealand/ Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa 23.

ID is best guess ... the leg colours do not perfectly match the published description (ethanolic specimen)

Tapponia sp
Tiniest lynx spider I have seen
First time I was able to spot a breeding female.
Loved the way it has hanged dry leaf tip on its silk thread and made eggsac.
October 2020
Uppinangadi.

tapponia

oxyopidae

teamsaaliga

karnatakaspiderclub

radiantdiffuser

spidersofkarnataka

olympus

Surely one of the finest flies I have ever seen. Second ever. First was last year in my meadow and despite carrying my camera it was gone. Only the third Microdon species I have ever seen. I don't know which ant species this one uses for its larval cover. If anyone one knows let me know.