Eristalinus punctulatus

Golden Native Drone Fly at Evatt, ACT

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Identification history

	Eristalinus punctulatus	7 May 2020	MichaelBedingfield
	Eristalinus punctulatus	7 May 2020	TimL

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User's notes

A follow-up sighting to 4258813 and 4258814. These images show two different types of Native Drone Fly eye structure. The first three images show a fly where the structure of the eye meets at the front of the head. The final two images show one where the eye structure doesn't meet at the front of the head. Both of these eye types appear to be equally common, based on the flies photographed to date.

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TimL wrote:

29 Dec 2021

Assumed to be a female where there is a space between the eyes, and a male where there is no space between the eyes.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.064217 -35.213393
Places Evatt, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
30 Oct 2016 05:16 PM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by
Collections
TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Eristalinus punctulatus Scientific name
Golden Native Drone Fly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1211m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania