Insects
True flies (Diptera)
Hover flies (Syrphidae)
Sighting 4517366

Unidentified

Can you identify this sighting?

Unidentified at suppressed - 15 Oct 2023
Unidentified at suppressed - 15 Oct 2023
Request use of media

Identification history

Eupeodes (Macrosyrphus) confrater 20 Oct 2023 donhe
Oecophoridae (family) 19 Oct 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Eupeodes (Macrosyrphus) confrater 15 Oct 2023 JamonSmallgoods

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

3 comments

ibaird wrote:
   19 Oct 2023
Not sure i can see the upward pointing backward curved palps which would confirm its Oecophoridae family.
donhe wrote:
   20 Oct 2023
Those could be the antennae of a Syrphid. @JamonSmallgoods : did you see it fly? Did it hover? Were the wings transparent?
JamonSmallgoods wrote:
   20 Oct 2023
Yes it was a hover fly with transparent wings.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Sighting information

  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 15 Oct 2023 12:03 PM Recorded on
  • JamonSmallgoods Recorded by

Additional information

  • Less than 5mm Animal size

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Confirmed by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
2,154,897 sightings of 19,961 species in 6,509 locations from 11,488 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.