Melangyna viridiceps

Hover fly at Mount Kembla, NSW

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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

• Collections

  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 Insect on a 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
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