Tachinidae (family)
Unidentified Bristle fly at Cook, ACT
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| Tachinidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 26 Jan 2019 | |
| Tachinidae (family) | KimPullen | 25 Dec 2018 | |
| Unverified | Christine | 25 Dec 2018 |
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User's notes
Large fly. They appeared to be hill-topping as butterflies do???
3 comments
27 Jan 2019
I recognise the specimen but I don’t know what its called - I’ll look through the ANIC
27 Jan 2019
Likely to be Zita sp. (would need specimen to confirm) - I'll have to catch one and check, I think I've seen them about
Location information
- Coordinates 149.064122-35.268992
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 24 Dec 2018 10:20 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
Collections
- Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tachinidae (family) Bristle Flies (Tachinidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Tachinidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Bristle fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 3013.9m Recorded at altitude
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