Robber Fly at Denman Prospect, ACT
Identification history
| Daptolestes sp. (genus) | 29 Dec 2024 | GregD | ||
| Daptolestes limbipennis | 31 Oct 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 22 Oct 2024 | Jennybach |
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User's notes
Initially thought it was a wasp but perhaps a flying ant. Its iridescent wings possibly damaged. Its movements jerky and erratic.
2 comments
Jennybach
wrote:
27 Dec 2024
In my copy of R Farrow, Insects of South Eastern Australia there is almost a carbon copy of my photos here identifying them as being of a wasp- mimicking robber fly Daptolestes limbipennis (Asilidae:Daogononae).
Jennybach
wrote:
29 Dec 2024
Thanks for following up on my comment. I’m very glad to see it identified.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.000428-35.299644
- Altitude 599.9m
- Maps West Stromlo
- Places Denman Prospect, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Oct 2024 01:54 PM Recorded on
- Jennybach Recorded by
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Collections
Jennybach Robber flies (Asilidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Daptolestes sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Robber Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1644.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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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