Hover Fly at Castle Creek, VIC
Identification history
| Melangyna sp. (genus) | 18 Jul 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 10 Jul 2021 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
Some of the hoverflies seemed darker with darker eyes, darker bodies and lighter orange markings. Didn't seem to be a shadow thing but could be.
1 comment
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
18 Jul 2021
There are several species of Hover flies that look like this - so you could be seeing more than one species
Location information
- Coordinates 146.874213-36.168353
- Maps WREN Reserves Wodonga
- Places Castle Creek, VIC
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 10 Jul 2021 02:23 PM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr
Additional information
- Acacia ulicifolia Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Melangyna sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Hover Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1364m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- 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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