Melangyna viridiceps

Hover fly at Hackett, ACT

Melangyna viridiceps at Hackett, ACT - 23 Apr 2019
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Identification history

Melangyna viridiceps 24 Apr 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Simosyrphus grandicornis 23 Apr 2019 PeterA

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3 comments

   25 Apr 2019
Simosyrphus has a yellow side stripe on mid body section
PeterA wrote:
   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

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Psocodea 'Psocoptera' sp. (order) (Unidentified plant louse) at Hackett, ACT - 16 Aug 2019 by TimL
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Technomyrmex sp. (genus) at Hackett, ACT - 25 Jul 2019 by TimL
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Crypsiphona ocultaria (Red-lined Looper Moth) at Hackett, ACT - 13 Jun 2019 by TimL
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Servaea sp. (genus) (Unidentified Servaea jumping spider) at Hackett, ACT - 7 May 2019 by TimL
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Apricia jovialis (Jovial jumping spider) at Hackett, ACT - 7 Apr 2019 by TimL
Hemicloea sp. (genus) (Flat bark spider) at Hackett, ACT - 6 Apr 2019 by TimL
Helpis minitabunda (Threatening jumping spider) at Hackett, ACT - 4 Apr 2019 by TimL
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Oncocoris geniculatus (A shield bug) at Hackett, ACT - 29 Mar 2019 by AlisonMilton
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Hortophora transmarina (Garden Orb Weaver) at Hackett, ACT - 20 Mar 2019 by TimL
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Villa sp. (genus) (Unidentified Villa bee fly) at Hackett, ACT - 16 Mar 2019 by AlisonMilton
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Hackett, ACT - 16 Mar 2019 by AlisonMilton
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Hortophora sp. (genus) (Garden orb weaver) at Hackett, ACT - 12 Mar 2019 by RodDeb

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 23 Apr 2019 02:14 PM Recorded on
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  • Leptophynohos nitidulus Associated plant
  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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