Sighting 4203539
1 Unidentified Macromastix crane fly at O'Malley, ACT
Identification history
| Leptotarsus (Macromastix) sp. (genus & subgenus) | 11 Aug 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Leptotarsus (Macromastix) sp. (genus & subgenus) | 16 Mar 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 15 Mar 2019 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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User's notes
I believe this was a Crane Fly but I am not completely certain. The insect had its wings out in the first photograph but later the wings were folded narrowly along its body. It was resting on some reeds near where the little foot bridge is just down from the entrance.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.113920-35.347980
- Altitude 644.7m
- Maps Mount Mugga Mugga
- Places O'Malley, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Mar 2019 09:24 AM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) BIrdsinCanberra
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Leptotarsus (Macromastix) sp. (genus & subgenus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Macromastix crane fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 972.9m Recorded at altitude
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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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