Muscid fly at Wodonga, VIC
Identification history
| Helina sp. (genus) | 18 Aug 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 15 Aug 2021 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
This fly (top centre) is very small. It looks like it has white wings and abodmen which would explain why it looked so weird when it flew.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
18 Aug 2021
This fly genus is very susceptible to puppeteer fungus and this fungus infection may explain its whitish abdomen and weird look
KylieWaldon
wrote:
18 Aug 2021
Excellent. because it was flying weird - it looked like a tiny flying goldfish with a fan tail!
Location information
- Coordinates 146.901541-36.139256
- Maps Jack Perry Reserve Wodonga
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Aug 2021 10:16 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Insects True flies (Diptera) Other true flies KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Helina sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Muscid fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 908.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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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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