Melangyna viridiceps
Hover fly at Yarrow, NSW
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| Melangyna viridiceps | MichaelMulvaney | 4 Aug 2023 | |
| Melangyna viridiceps | RogerF | 4 Aug 2023 | |
| Syrphidae (family) | SimoneC | 3 Aug 2023 |
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4 comments
4 Aug 2023
It’s the common hoverfly, Melangyna viridiceps. Well spotted..
Bradley’s Loop is a big circuit!
Bradley’s Loop is a big circuit!
4 Aug 2023
Have you looked at a flower close up? Access to the nectary and anthers appears completely blocked by the dense woolly hairs covering the petals.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.278703-35.413989
- Altitude 807.2m
- Maps Googong Foreshore
- Places Yarrow, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Aug 2023 02:29 PM Recorded on
- SimoneC Recorded by
- Leucopogon attenuatus Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Yes Insect on a flower
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- SimoneC Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Melangyna viridiceps Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Melangyna viridiceps Scientific name
- Hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2011.7m Recorded at altitude
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