Hover fly at Banks, ACT
Identification history
| Melangyna viridiceps | 19 Apr 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Melangyna viridiceps | 19 Apr 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 18 Apr 2019 | UserfaKgHkxs |
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User's notes
Feeding on the daisy flowers with honey bees. Could not match the species from the list.
2 comments
michael.batley
wrote:
19 Apr 2019
It is a hover fly, family Syrphidae. I think it is a Melangyna species, but I am only guessing.
UserfaKgHkxs
wrote:
19 Apr 2019
Yes, that makes sense as I did see the subject hovering a few times.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.102312-35.472491
- Places Banks, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Apr 2019 11:58 AM Recorded on
- UserfaKgHkxs Recorded by
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Insects Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) UserfaKgHkxs Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Daisy flower Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Melangyna viridiceps Scientific name
- Hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1522.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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