March fly at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Scaptia patula | 31 Dec 2016 | DaveFerg | ||
| Scaptia patula | 30 Dec 2016 | ibaird |
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User's notes
Observed on flowering Kunzea ericoides forming an extensive clump of the species (1 ha area?) in forest/woodland on the lower slopes of Bruce Ridge.
1 comment
ibaird
wrote:
31 Dec 2016
Given the discussion on this I'm unsure whether this is S, patula or S. auriflua, but CNM currently gives me only one option to select as regards the species!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108537-35.255440
- Altitude 625.1m
- Maps Bruce Ridge
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Dec 2016 02:08 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
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Collections
Insects True flies (Diptera) March or Horse flies (Tabanidae) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
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
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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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