Melangyna viridiceps

Hover fly at Isaacs, ACT

Melangyna viridiceps at Isaacs, ACT - 29 Oct 2016

Melangyna viridiceps at Isaacs, ACT - 29 Oct 2016

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Identification history

	Melangyna viridiceps	8 Aug 2018	MichaelMulvaney
	Melangyna viridiceps	21 Jan 2018	KimPullen
	Unidentified	16 Jan 2018	galah681

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KimPullen wrote:

22 Jan 2018

Image 1 is Melangyna sp. (possibly M. viridiceps). Images 2-4 are Polistes humilis.

galah681 wrote:

22 Jan 2018

I have removed images 2-4 and will reload them as a new sighting

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Location information

Coordinates 149.108417 -35.360804
Places Isaacs, ACT

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
29 Oct 2016 04:28 PM Recorded on
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Insects Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) galah681

Additional information

Eureka lemon tree Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Melangyna viridiceps Scientific name
Hover fly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1522.3m Recorded at altitude
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