A blowfly at Crooked Corner, NSW
Identification history
| Lucilia sp. (genus) | 23 Jan 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Lucilia sericata | 21 Jan 2022 | Milly |
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User's notes
Feeding on nectar of rose blossom
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
23 Jan 2022
Milly I think you could be right re species Id - but I don't know enough about blowfly taxonomy to be certain
Milly
wrote:
23 Jan 2022
Thanks Michael - so many species, so similar! I went for 'sericata' as it was the only one I could find that went for nectar! Appreciate your time and advice.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.345882-34.208948
- Places Crooked Corner, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Jan 2022 03:52 PM Recorded on
- Milly Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Blow flies (Calliphoridae) True flies (Diptera)
Additional information
- Rose Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Lucilia sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A blowfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 767m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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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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