Slender Bee Fly at Booth, ACT
Identification history
| Australiphthiria hilaris | 16 Aug 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Australiphthiria hilaris | 11 Jan 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Microseris walteri | 2 Jan 2022 | JaneR |
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User's notes
Quite common on this hillside.
There is no menu option for Microseris sp, so M. walteri was chosen.
3 comments
Tapirlord
wrote:
2 Jan 2022
It would be M.lanceolata at this altitude. But I think this is actually a catsear, without leaves I can't say much.
JaneR
wrote:
11 Jan 2022
Seems sensible to me. Plus a useful lesson to me in recording more comprehensive information on species ID.
Thanks for fly ID
Thanks for fly ID
Location information
- Coordinates 148.995042-35.804531
- Altitude 1312.8m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Booth, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 1 Jan 2022 01:34 PM Recorded on
- JaneR Recorded by
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Insects Bee flies (Bombyliidae) True flies (Diptera) JaneR Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Australiphthiria hilaris Scientific name
- Slender Bee Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1513.7m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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