A flower-feeding march fly at Watson Green Space
Identification history
| Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua | 4 Feb 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 3 Feb 2024 | AniseStar |
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A large bristle fly being devoured by ants. Beautiful patterns and rainbow eyes.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.163327-35.238390
- Altitude 629.3m
- Maps Watson Green Space
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Feb 2024 09:51 AM Recorded on
- AniseStar Recorded by
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Collections
Insects March or Horse flies (Tabanidae) True flies (Diptera) AniseStar Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Meat ants were eating it. Associated Insect
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Injured / sick Animal health
Species information
- Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua Scientific name
- A flower-feeding march fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1096.7m 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
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