Common hover fly at Conder, ACT
Identification history
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | 1 Feb 2023 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Ischiodon scutellaris | 15 Aug 2022 | MichaelBedingfield |
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ID by Ken Walker on BowerBird, 9 Nov. 2015; Conder, ACT
2 comments
KimberiRP
wrote:
31 Jan 2023
Comparing images in ALA, this looks more like Simosyrphus grandicornis. Looking at the yellow transverse bands on the abdomen, Ischiodon scutellaris has only the first band broken in the middle, whereas S. grandicornis usually has the first three bands broken.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.101449-35.464699
- Altitude 614.7m
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 19 Oct 2015 06:22 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Insects Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Wahlenbergia capillaris Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Simosyrphus grandicornis Scientific name
- Common hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1029.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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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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