Melangyna viridiceps
Hover fly at Fadden, ACT
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| Melangyna viridiceps | KimPullen | 18 Jan 2017 | |
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | KimPullen | 10 Jan 2017 | |
| Melangyna viridiceps | ArcherCallaway | 3 Jan 2017 |
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User's notes
Location approx
2 comments
10 Jan 2017
What features in particular are you looking for to distinguish between the two species?
18 Jan 2017
Hi Ryu. Looking at this one again, I agree with your suggestion and I don't know why I suggested S. grandicornis! It clearly has the all-black thorax of M. viridiceps, as well as the abdominal markings of that species. Sorry if I caused you confusion!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.117100-35.407717
- Places Fadden, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 16 Oct 2016 06:35 PM Recorded on
- ArcherCallaway Recorded by
Collections
- ArcherCallaway Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Melangyna viridiceps Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Melangyna viridiceps Scientific name
- Hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2011.7m Recorded at altitude
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