Freeloader fly at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Milichiidae (family) | 8 Aug 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Milichiidae (family) | 23 May 2019 | TimL |
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A follow up sighting to 4209049. The European Wasps continue to kill European Honey Bees in this location. In excess of 40 bees were sighted dead or dying on the road as at least 5 wasps made the rounds killing and dismembering them. This sighting covers the Freeloader Flies sighted on one of the dismembered bees. The second image shows a wasp having cut a bee in two and in the process of dismembering it as the Freeloader Flies arrived.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.107717-35.276634
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 16 May 2019 01:09 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Insects True flies (Diptera) Other true flies TimL
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Milichiidae (family) Scientific name
- Freeloader fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 767.79m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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