Melangyna viridiceps

Hover fly at Hawker, ACT

Melangyna viridiceps at Hawker, ACT - 4 Nov 2020
Melangyna viridiceps at Hawker, ACT - 4 Nov 2020
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Identification history

Melangyna viridiceps 30 Nov 2020 jgl
Syrphidae (family) 30 Nov 2020 KimPullen
Syrphidae (family) 5 Nov 2020 AlisonMilton

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3 comments

KimPullen wrote:
   30 Nov 2020
Melangyna?
jgl wrote:
   30 Nov 2020
All of the Melangyna (Austrosyrphus) spp. around the ACT are actually the same species based on molecular data
KimPullen wrote:
   3 Dec 2020
Thanks James, that's good to know.

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 4 Nov 2020 01:18 PM Recorded on
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