4 A Mydid Fly at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Diochlistus sp. (genus) | 25 Dec 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Pterygophorus cinctus | 17 Dec 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Unverified | 17 Dec 2024 | LisaH |
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User's notes
Quite large - closer to 50+mm. I assume this is a sawfly - no waist?
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.099069-35.327444
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Dec 2024 02:36 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
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Collections
LisaH Featured Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Diochlistus sp. (genus) Mydas flies (Mydidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- Bursaria Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Diochlistus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A Mydid Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 677m 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
- Description
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