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Lucilia sp. (genus)

A blowfly at Holt, ACT

Lucilia sp. (genus) at Holt, ACT - 7 Mar 2022
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Lucilia sp. (genus) 3 Aug 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Lucilia sp. (genus) 7 Mar 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 7 Mar 2022 Margo

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Oxyopes sp. (genus) (Lynx spider) at Holt, ACT - 10 Nov 2022 by Margo Melangyna viridiceps (Hover fly) at Holt, ACT - 6 Nov 2022 by Margo Pieris rapae (Cabbage White) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo Heteroptera sp. (suborder) (Unidentified bug) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo Christinus marmoratus (Southern Marbled Gecko) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo Deliochus sp. (genus) (A leaf curling spider) at Holt, ACT - 27 Feb 2022 by Margo Papilio aegeus (Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly) at Holt, ACT - 27 Feb 2022 by Margo Ocybadistes walkeri (Green Grass-dart) at Holt, ACT - 22 Feb 2022 by Margo Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Holt, ACT - 22 Feb 2022 by Margo Melangyna sp. (genus) (Hover Fly) at Holt, ACT - 14 Feb 2022 by Margo Deliochus pulcher (Beautiful Deliochus spider) at Holt, ACT - 14 Feb 2022 by Margo Austrolestes leda (Wandering Ringtail) at Holt, ACT - 13 Feb 2022 by Margo Eristalinus punctulatus (Golden Native Drone Fly) at Holt, ACT - 12 Feb 2022 by Margo Papilio aegeus (Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly) at Holt, ACT - 2 Feb 2022 by Margo Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail) at Holt, ACT - 19 Jan 2022 by Margo Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Holt, ACT - 11 Jan 2022 by Margo Musgraveia sulciventris (Bronze Orange Bug) at Holt, ACT - 6 Jan 2022 by Margo Ninox boobook (Southern Boobook) at Holt, ACT - 14 Dec 2020 by Margo Erodium botrys (Long Storksbill) at Holt, ACT - 24 Jul 2020 by tpreston Chlorophyllum sp. at Holt, ACT - 13 May 2020 by Margo Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo) at Holt, ACT - 15 Nov 2018 by AlisonMilton
Oxyopes sp. (genus) (Lynx spider) at Holt, ACT - 10 Nov 2022 by Margo
Melangyna viridiceps (Hover fly) at Holt, ACT - 6 Nov 2022 by Margo
Pieris rapae (Cabbage White) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo
Heteroptera sp. (suborder) (Unidentified bug) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo
Christinus marmoratus (Southern Marbled Gecko) at Holt, ACT - 6 Mar 2022 by Margo
Deliochus sp. (genus) (A leaf curling spider) at Holt, ACT - 27 Feb 2022 by Margo
Papilio aegeus (Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly) at Holt, ACT - 27 Feb 2022 by Margo
Ocybadistes walkeri (Green Grass-dart) at Holt, ACT - 22 Feb 2022 by Margo
Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Holt, ACT - 22 Feb 2022 by Margo
Melangyna sp. (genus) (Hover Fly) at Holt, ACT - 14 Feb 2022 by Margo
Deliochus pulcher (Beautiful Deliochus spider) at Holt, ACT - 14 Feb 2022 by Margo
Austrolestes leda (Wandering Ringtail) at Holt, ACT - 13 Feb 2022 by Margo
Eristalinus punctulatus (Golden Native Drone Fly) at Holt, ACT - 12 Feb 2022 by Margo
Papilio aegeus (Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly) at Holt, ACT - 2 Feb 2022 by Margo
Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail) at Holt, ACT - 19 Jan 2022 by Margo
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Holt, ACT - 11 Jan 2022 by Margo
Musgraveia sulciventris (Bronze Orange Bug) at Holt, ACT - 6 Jan 2022 by Margo
Ninox boobook (Southern Boobook) at Holt, ACT - 14 Dec 2020 by Margo
Erodium botrys (Long Storksbill) at Holt, ACT - 24 Jul 2020 by tpreston
Chlorophyllum sp. at Holt, ACT - 13 May 2020 by Margo
Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo) at Holt, ACT - 15 Nov 2018 by AlisonMilton

Location information

Species information

  • Lucilia sp. (genus) Scientific name
  • A blowfly Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 7 Mar 2022 09:21 AM Recorded on
  • Margo Recorded by

Additional information

  • Geranium Associated plant
  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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