A flower-feeding march fly at Hawker, ACT
Identification history
| Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua | 7 Dec 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Copidapha maculiventris | 30 Nov 2025 | AlisonMilton |
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Not sure if I kept seeing the same one. Saw this fly around six times but each time it flew off.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.031747-35.246373
- Altitude 659.1m
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 28 Nov 2025 03:08 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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AlisonMilton NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua March or Horse flies (Tabanidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua Scientific name
- A flower-feeding march fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1155m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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