Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua

A flower-feeding march fly at Watson, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.088209-35.278798
• Maps Black Mountain
• Places Watson, ACT

Sighting information

• 4 - 15 Abundance
• 13 Dec 2020 11:11 AM Recorded on
• trevorpreston Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects March or Horse flies (Tabanidae) True flies (Diptera) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Tea tree Associated plant
• 5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

• Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua Scientific name
• A flower-feeding march fly Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1096.7m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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