2 Frit fly at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Chloropidae (family) | 5 May 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Chloropidae (family) | 16 Mar 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Unverified | 13 Mar 2019 | CathB |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
Carrying a pollinium of Corunastylis clivicola. Chloropid flies are known to pollinate these orchids. See http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/86445 where identified as Chloropidae: Conioscinella
1 comment
KimPullen
wrote:
17 Mar 2019
It does look similar to Bowerbird #86445, although the characters necessary to confirm this will probably not be visible.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074186-35.266991
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 12 Mar 2019 08:47 AM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Collections
Significant CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chloropidae (family) Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- Corunastylis clivicola Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Chloropidae (family) Scientific name
- Frit fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1204.6m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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