Common hover fly at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | 31 Aug 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Melangyna viridiceps | 27 Aug 2023 | Hejor1 | ||
| Unidentified | 27 Aug 2023 | ConBoekel |
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User's notes
Probably feeding. It kept returning to the flower.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.124645-35.263993
- Altitude 587.3m
- Maps Sullivans Creek, Turner
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Aug 2023 03:20 PM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Winter Pollinator Research Project Insects True flies (Diptera) Hover flies (Syrphidae) ConBoekel
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
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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