Calliphora stygia

Brown blowfly or Brown bomber at Higgins, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.029722-35.238263
• Altitude 547.0m
• Places Higgins, ACT

Sighting information

• 2 Abundance
• 20 Aug 2023 09:42 AM Recorded on
• AlisonMilton Recorded by

• Collections

  Winter Pollinator Research Project AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Blow flies (Calliphoridae) True flies (Diptera) Insects

Additional information

• 5mm to 12mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health
• Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
• True Insect on a flower

Species information

• Calliphora stygia Scientific name
• Brown blowfly or Brown bomber Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 950m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
• External link More information

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• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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