Slender Robber Fly at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Cerdistus sp. (genus) | 1 Mar 2022 | GregD | ||
| Cerdistus sp. (genus) | 1 Mar 2022 | ibaird | ||
| Cerdistus exilis | 1 Mar 2022 | ibaird |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Recorded at David St. Landscape Planting (Edwina Robinson).
3 comments
GregD
wrote:
1 Mar 2022
Possibly. Cerdistus exilis has the epandria shorter and with dorsal setae. It's more than likely C. fuscipennis. A lateral picture is needed for confirmation either species.
ibaird
wrote:
1 Mar 2022
OK, thanks, I don't have a lateral photo. Can we call it Cerdistus sp. (genus)?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.125508-35.263140
- Altitude 568.0m
- Maps Sullivans Creek, O'Connor
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Feb 2022 10:43 AM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
-
Collections
ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cerdistus sp. (genus) Robber flies (Asilidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Cerdistus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Slender Robber Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1641.6m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes