Melangyna viridiceps
1 Hover fly at Deakin, ACT
Identify this sighting
| Melangyna viridiceps | KimPullen | 6 May 2021 | |
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | MichaelBedingfield | 12 May 2020 | |
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | MichaelBedingfield | 12 May 2020 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 12 May 2020 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
This hover fly(?) was much smaller than the ones I normally see on these flowers - but when I looked at the photos (especially photo 4), I saw there was a minuscule fly close by.
Be the first to comment
Location information
- Coordinates 149.104637-35.324492
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 11 May 2020 03:46 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- LisaH 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
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location