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
1 comment
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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