Gynoplistia (Gynoplistia) bella

A crane fly at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Gynoplistia (Gynoplistia) bella	23 Jan 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	18 Jan 2021	JonSteinbeck

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Sorry, this sighting is from November last year, I am just going through my hard drive now. I saw these insects flying around a small eucalyptus tree and I have no idea what they are but I wondered if the antenna suggested they may be beetles. There were at least three of them. They did not land much, they were mainly flying loops in the air. Then, they all just disappeared. I could not see if they had flown to a different tree or were hiding in the foliage.

2 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

19 Jan 2021

Crane Fly?

JonSteinbeck wrote:

19 Jan 2021

Hi Michael, Many thanks. That makes sense, because the antennae on my sighting are similar to those reported at https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4253354. Again, many thanks for your assistance. Cheers.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.075012 -35.523652
Altitude 569.4m
Maps Gigerline Nature Reserve
Places Paddys River, ACT

Sighting information

3 Abundance
22 Nov 2020 07:33 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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Insects True flies (Diptera) Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Gynoplistia (Gynoplistia) bella Scientific name
A crane fly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1134.75m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania