Bywong, NSW
Identification history
| Formosia speciosa | 2 Jan 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 27 Nov 2024 | PhillMudge |
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User's notes
This meaty and robust fly was the size of two M&Ms but not an appetizing snack. What caught my eye was its ability to hover. I could see it still in the air rubbing it's feet together. I've seen them as individuals or rough groups of up to about 10, though that was in a corner of the cabin where they might have been trapped together. They seem to be around for the Christmas / new year holiday in Bungendore. They like flying under the eaves of the cabin 2-3m off the ground pausing mid air to look in through the windows. Not abundant, not spotted every year.
Also see
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4621409,
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4620535,
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4619145,
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4619585
Might be Formosia (Euamphibolia) speciosa (Bristle fly)
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/species/5542
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.397939-35.214051
- Places Bywong, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 1 Jan 2018 08:34 AM Recorded on
- PhillMudge Recorded by
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Collections
PhillMudge Bristle Flies (Tachinidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Formosia speciosa Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 845.9m 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
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