Diptera (order)

Fly - Unidentified at Cook, ACT

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Identification history

	Diptera (order)	19 Sep 2019	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	15 May 2018	CathB

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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.

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

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".

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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
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Insects Other true flies True flies (Diptera) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Diptera (order) Scientific name
Fly - Unidentified Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 995.5m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

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