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Unidentified at suppressed - 15 Oct 2023

Unidentified at suppressed - 15 Oct 2023

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Identification history

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

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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.

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4 - 15 Abundance
15 Oct 2023 12:03 PM Recorded on
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Insects True flies (Diptera) Hover flies (Syrphidae) JamonSmallgoods Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Less than 5mm Animal size

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