Slender Bee Fly at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Australiphthiria hilaris | 21 Feb 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Australiphthiria hilaris | 18 Feb 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Trichophthalma sp. (genus) | 11 Dec 2018 | RogerF | ||
| Unidentified | 8 Dec 2018 | Harrisi |
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5 comments
Harrisi
wrote:
12 Dec 2018
via facebook a fly expert contact has said the following "..Would be good to have the specimen in front of me but at a glance it looks like one of the more primitive tabanids that are not so commonly seen. But then I could be wrong."...
KimPullen
wrote:
19 Feb 2019
Matches the insect identified as Australiphthiria at http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/99137.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.940952-35.330982
- Maps Bullen Range
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 7 Dec 2018 02:40 PM Recorded on
- Harrisi Recorded by
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Insects True flies (Diptera) Bee flies (Bombyliidae)
Additional information
- Leptospermum sp. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Australiphthiria hilaris Scientific name
- Slender Bee Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1513.7m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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