A flower-feeding march fly at Wodonga, VIC
Identification history
| Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua | 26 Feb 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua | 8 Jan 2023 | KylieWaldon | ||
| Unidentified | 8 Jan 2023 | KylieWaldon |
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most exotic looking fly! only found four but there could have been more.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.884540-36.141533
- Maps Wodonga
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 8 Jan 2023 09:39 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
Insects March or Horse flies (Tabanidae) True flies (Diptera) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr
Additional information
- gum tree Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua Scientific name
- A flower-feeding march fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1096.7m 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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