Melangyna collata

1 A hover fly at Ainslie, ACT

Melangyna collata at Ainslie, ACT - 29 Sep 2025 09:56 AM
Melangyna collata at Ainslie, ACT - 29 Sep 2025 09:56 AM
Melangyna collata at Ainslie, ACT - 29 Sep 2025 09:56 AM
Melangyna collata at Ainslie, ACT - 29 Sep 2025 09:56 AM
Melangyna collata at Ainslie, ACT - 29 Sep 2025 09:56 AM
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Identification history

Melangyna collata 28 Oct 2025 MichaelMulvaney
Syrphidae (family) 29 Sep 2025 Hejor1

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Collected. Basis for ID is tenuous, previous sighting https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4507992

2 comments

Hejor1 wrote:
   28 Oct 2025
@MichaelMulvaney adult pics now attached, it's a hoverfly!!!
   28 Oct 2025
Thanks

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

  • Melangyna collata Scientific name
  • A hover fly Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 631.6m Recorded at altitude

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