Calliphora stygia

Brown blowfly or Brown bomber at McKellar, ACT

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Identification history

	Calliphora stygia	29 Nov 2023	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	15 Nov 2023	kasiaaus

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User's notes

Pollinator Survey at Croke Place Grassland. There were a lot of flies in these bushes. Possibly hundreds. I think there were many different species. I am putting abundance 1 against each photographed fly sighting but will record many unphotographed ones on the survey form.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.069058 -35.219439
Altitude 607.9m
Places McKellar, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
14 Nov 2023 11:16 AM Recorded on
kasiaaus Recorded by
Collections
Croke Place Grassland (CPG) 14 Nov 2023 kasiaaus 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
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Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania