Common hover fly at Googong, NSW
Identification history
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | 31 Jan 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 30 Jan 2025 | WHall |
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Initially I thought that there was a single fly caught in a spider web as it was not moving. Finally it flew away; processing the image revealed two flies mating!
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.196885-35.427803
- Places Googong, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 30 Jan 2025 12:29 PM Recorded on
- WHall Recorded by
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WHall NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Simosyrphus grandicornis Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Simosyrphus grandicornis Scientific name
- Common hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1029.9m 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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