1 Unidentified syrphine hover fly at Greenway, ACT
Identification history
| Syrphini (tribe) | 3 Oct 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | 2 Oct 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Melangyna viridiceps | 1 Oct 2024 | RodDeb |
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RodDeb
wrote:
2 Oct 2024
thought this was a Melangyna viridiceps as it doesn't have the yellow shoulders or yellow top on the abdomen. Hope you don't mind me checking.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.071267-35.399805
- Maps Lake Tuggeranong
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- 15 Abundance
- 1 Oct 2024 12:02 PM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
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Collections
RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Syrphini (tribe) Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- Seaside Daisy Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Syrphini (tribe) Scientific name
- Unidentified syrphine hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1011.57m Recorded at altitude
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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
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