Common hover fly at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | 17 Jan 2019 | jgl | ||
| Melangyna viridiceps | 8 Dec 2018 | AlisonMilton |
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5 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
18 Jan 2019
Kim how do you tell Simosyrphus from Melangyna hover flies? I am stumped.
jgl
wrote:
18 Jan 2019
S. grandicornis has dorsolateral yellow stripes on the thorax and yellow postalar calli which are absent in M. viridiceps; tergites 5+ have a distinct banded appearance in S. grandicornis, where T6+ are not readily visible in Melangyna viridiceps (or they're not present?)
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
18 Jan 2019
Thanks JGL - I'll need to get the biological dictionary out to understand this explanation, which I will. Thanks again
KimPullen
wrote:
19 Feb 2019
Michael, I go by the 'dorsolateral stripes' that James mentions, on the sides of the thorax. S. grandicornis has larger yellow blotches on the abdomen, and is a slightly larger and more robust insect than M. viridiceps, although of course the size difference is not detectable in most of the images.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029282-35.237733
- Altitude 682.2m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 6 Dec 2018 02:12 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
Additional information
- Isotoma Associated plant
Species information
- Simosyrphus grandicornis Scientific name
- Common hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 811m Recorded at altitude
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