Chloropidae (family)
3 Frit fly at Yaouk, NSW
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| Chloropidae (family) | KimberiRP | 18 Aug 2023 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 7 Dec 2021 |
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User's notes
About 5-6 mm
2 comments
26 Jul 2023
This is the same as #4413863. I have no idea what it is (even after hours of investigation), but I'll keep looking.
18 Aug 2023
This has been identified by Keith Bayless (Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO) as family Chloropidae, 'probably genus Merochlorops'.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.899605-35.852659
- Altitude 1204.6m
- Places Yaouk, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Dec 2021 11:56 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chloropidae (family) Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Chloropidae (family) Scientific name
- Frit fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1204.6m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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