Sighting 4408775
Bibio imitator
Garden maggot at Paddys River, ACT
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| Bibio imitator | MichaelBedingfield | 21 Nov 2021 | |
| Unverified | Shell | 19 Nov 2021 |
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User's notes
was quitely sitting on the pear leaf/netting; moved on disturbance usually to the other side of the leaf. I may be wrong but seemed to fly with body erect almost
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Location information
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- Shell Recorded by
- pear ; but was present on the netting inside the vege bed too Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Shell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Bibio imitator Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Bibio imitator Scientific name
- Garden maggot Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 815.73m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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5 / 7
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