Diptera (order)
Fly - Unidentified at Cook, ACT
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| Diptera (order) | MichaelMulvaney | 19 Sep 2019 | |
| Unverified | CathB | 15 May 2018 |
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User's notes
Probably impossible to tell from these photos, but I assume this is some sort of aquatic insect larva.
In shallow water near the edge of a dam (which is now dry). Quite active and seemed to have hard mouthparts and 6 hard legs.
1 comment
20 Sep 2019
Stephen Skinner said it has "the sorts of characters that make them look very like fly larvae: anal breathing, the setae on the segments and the general worm form".
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074604-35.269458
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 1 Feb 2018 04:57 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Diptera (order) Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Diptera (order) Scientific name
- Fly - Unidentified Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1143.9m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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5 / 7
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