Common hover fly at Cobargo, NSW
Identification history
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | 11 Jan 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Melangyna sp. | 11 Jan 2020 | JackieMiles | ||
| Unidentified | 10 Jan 2020 | RobParnell |
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User's notes
The bee was on a Borage Plant
3 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
12 Jan 2020
Hi Rob, That pattern of yellow patches on the abdomen fits a Hover Fly, not any of the local bees, which tend to have yellow/pale bands running right across, not broken in the middle like this. They do spend a lot of time visiting flowers.
JackieMiles
wrote:
12 Jan 2020
Rats, I could have sworn I could tell Melangyna and Simosyrphus apart by now, but it seems not!
KimPullen
wrote:
12 Jan 2020
Jackie, I hesitated with this one, but the (barely visible) yellow stripe on the side of the thorax and bright yellow face convince me it is Simosyrphus. The yellow dorsal spots on the abdomen are usually more extensive in Simosyrphus, but that is hard to see in this shot.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.889867-36.388328
- Places Cobargo, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 28 Dec 2019 08:14 AM Recorded on
- RobParnell Recorded by
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Insects Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) RobParnell South Coast NatureMapr
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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