Hover fly at Mount Kembla, NSW
Identification history
| Melangyna viridiceps | 21 Oct 2024 | donhe | ||
| Melangyna viridiceps | 20 Oct 2024 | BackyardHabitatProject |
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Large population present in garden. Feeding on Grevillea, Bulbine, Brachscome, Chrysocephalum
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Location information
- Coordinates 150.823090-34.430442
- Places Mount Kembla, NSW
Sighting information
- 8 Abundance
- 20 Oct 2024 12:39 PM Recorded on
- BackyardHabitatProject Recorded by
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Backyard Habitat Project Collection Insects Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) BackyardHabitatProject South Coast NatureMapr
Additional information
- Brachscome 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
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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