Ptilogyna bicolor

1 A crane fly at Cook, ACT

Ptilogyna bicolor at Cook, ACT - 9 Nov 2021 03:28 PM
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Identification history

Ptilogyna bicolor 8 Jan 2025 MichaelMulvaney
Tipulidae sp. (family) 11 Nov 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 10 Nov 2021 CathB

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

8 Jan 2025

Rarely recorded nationally, nearest other record is from the Budawangs

User's notes

Body length about 3 cm. Found and photographed by John B.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

  • Ptilogyna bicolor Scientific name
  • A crane fly Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 620.88m to 648m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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