Melangyna viridiceps
Hover fly at Hackett, ACT
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| Melangyna viridiceps | MichaelMulvaney | 24 Apr 2019 | |
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | PeterA | 23 Apr 2019 |
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3 comments
25 Apr 2019
Thanks, Michael - I don't really know anything about hover flies, but it was a good picture and looked rather like the Simosyrphus sp.
25 Apr 2019
Yes good picture thanks Peter - I have only recently learnt the difference myself
Location information
- Coordinates 149.106933-35.274803
- Altitude 621.6m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 23 Apr 2019 02:14 PM Recorded on
- PeterA Recorded by
- Leptophynohos nitidulus Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- PeterA Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Melangyna viridiceps Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Melangyna viridiceps Scientific name
- Hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2011.7m Recorded at altitude
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