Formosia (Euamphibolia) speciosa

Bristle fly at Nanima, NSW

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Identification history

Formosia (Euamphibolia) speciosa	9 Nov 2018	KimPullen
Tachinidae (family)	23 Feb 2018	MichaelMulvaney
Tachinidae (family)	9 Feb 2018	KimPullen
Unverified	8 Feb 2018	SheridanR

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User's notes

Enormous and rather striking fly on my window sill, haven't seen one before. Housefly (bushfly?) for size comparison. Maybe a bristle fly of some kind? Can anyone ID it? Thanks.

2 comments

jgl wrote:

9 Nov 2018

Large fly is Formosia speciosa

KimPullen wrote:

9 Nov 2018

Identification by JGL.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.124161 -35.007256
Altitude 643.0m
Places Nanima, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
1 Feb 2018 05:35 PM Recorded on
SheridanR Recorded by
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Insects True flies (Diptera) Bristle Flies (Tachinidae) SheridanR Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Formosia (Euamphibolia) speciosa Scientific name
Bristle fly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 845.9m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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