March fly at Canberra Central, ACT
Identification history
| Scaptia patula | 29 Dec 2016 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Scaptia patula | 28 Dec 2016 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 11 Dec 2016 | RWPurdie |
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3 comments
RogerF
wrote:
30 Dec 2016
I would like to know the difference between auriflua and patula. They look very similar and this specimen looks closer to auriflua.
KimPullen
wrote:
31 Dec 2016
I'm happy to be corrected, Roger. I don't know the difference myself! I based my identification this time on Dave Ferguson's two IDs in CNM.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.087976-35.276505
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Canberra Central, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 11 Dec 2016 12:00 AM Recorded on
- RWPurdie Recorded by
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Collections
Insects March or Horse flies (Tabanidae) True flies (Diptera) RWPurdie Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Scaptia patula Scientific name
- March fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 625.1m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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