Hover fly at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Melangyna viridiceps | 6 Nov 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Melangyna viridiceps | 2 Nov 2023 | RogerF | ||
| Unidentified | 1 Nov 2023 | abread111 |
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User's notes
Slightly smaller than the hover fly in https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4522688 and always had wings folded when on the flowers
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.150699-35.238570
- Altitude 602.0m
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 1 Nov 2023 11:26 AM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
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Insects Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera)
Additional information
- Bulbine glauca Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Melangyna viridiceps Scientific name
- Hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1522.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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