2 Common hover fly at Wodonga, VIC
Identification history
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | 5 Oct 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | 21 Sep 2024 | KylieWaldon |
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My best photo of the day - I've never seen hover flies mating before. I thought it was a sand wasp hovering near the varnish wattle. Nope it was these two. Also a couple on dandelions.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.879423-36.143338
- Maps Clyde Cameron Reserve Wodonga
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 21 Sep 2024 12:00 PM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
Featured Insects True flies (Diptera) Hover flies (Syrphidae) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr
Additional information
- varnish wattle, dandelion Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Mating Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Simosyrphus grandicornis Scientific name
- Common hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1029.9m 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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