Sighting 4367514
Gynoplistia (Gynoplistia) bella
A crane fly at Paddys River, ACT
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| Gynoplistia (Gynoplistia) bella | MichaelMulvaney | 23 Jan 2021 | |
| Unverified | JonSteinbeck | 18 Jan 2021 |
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User's notes
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
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.
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
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Gynoplistia (Gynoplistia) bella Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects
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
- External link More information
Record quality
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6 / 7
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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