Scaptia patula

March fly at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

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Location information

• Coordinates 148.913385-35.475109
• Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
• Places Tharwa, ACT

Sighting information

• At least 1 Abundance
• 29 Dec 2023 01:16 PM Recorded on
• DPRees125 Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects March or Horse flies (Tabanidae) True flies (Diptera) DPRees125 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Unknown Gender
• Alive / healthy Animal health
• Resting Insect behaviour on flower
• True Pollinator Insect on Flower

Species information

• Scaptia patula Scientific name
• March fly Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 625.1m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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• More than one media file
• Verified by an expert moderator
• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
• GPS evidence of location
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