Unidentified dasypogonine robber fly at Charleys Forest, NSW
Identification history
| Dasypogoninae (subfamily) | 7 Nov 2024 | GregD | ||
| Asilidae (family) | 6 Nov 2024 | SimoneC | ||
| Unidentified | 1 Oct 2024 | arjay |
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User's notes
Possibly a fly, in regards to the head
2 comments
arjay
wrote:
6 Nov 2024
I figured it was a fly and probably a robber fly but sometimes hesitate to suggest what some insects are because there seems to be a fair amount of mimicry amongst them.
Location information
- Places Charleys Forest, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- arjay Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Robber flies (Asilidae) True flies (Diptera) arjay Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Pimelea Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Dasypogoninae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Unidentified dasypogonine robber fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1417.1m 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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