Hover fly at Murrumbateman, NSW
Identification history
| Austalis copiosa | 26 Jul 2023 | KimberiRP | ||
| Calliphoridae (family) | 6 Jan 2022 | SimoneC |
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User's notes
Couldn’t find a match for the two-toned brown and metallic blue/green abdomen. The last photo does seem to show a yellow face maybe Amenia?
1 comment
KimberiRP
wrote:
26 Jul 2023
This Hover fly is a blowfly mimic. It even mimics the sound and aimless flight of a typical blowfly - until you disturb it!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050933-34.977672
- Altitude 592.0m
- Places Murrumbateman, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 4 Jan 2022 10:43 AM Recorded on
- SimoneC Recorded by
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Insects True flies (Diptera) Hover flies (Syrphidae) SimoneC
Additional information
- Leptospermum Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Austalis copiosa Scientific name
- Hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 629.6m 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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