Maenomenus ensifer
2 A scarab beetle endoparasitoid fly at Mount Ainslie
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| Maenomenus ensifer | MichaelMulvaney | 15 Jan 2024 | |
| PYRGOTIDAE (family) | Pirom | 13 Jan 2024 |
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User's notes
Attending mating Christmas beetles - Anoplognathus porosus. Supplementary photo shows ovipositor extended underneath fly.
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13 Jan 2024
Possibly Maenomenus ensifer: http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/identify/pyrgotid.htm; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7733965
Location information
- Coordinates 149.161453-35.256061
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Jan 2024 02:20 PM Recorded on
- Pirom Recorded by
- Anoplognathus porosus Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Pirom Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Maenomenus ensifer
Species information
- Maenomenus ensifer Scientific name
- A scarab beetle endoparasitoid fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- External link More information
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