Croke Place Grassland (CPG) 17 Nov 2023 species

Posted by kasiaaus

I repeated the Insect Pollinator Survey at Croke Place after 3 days on the 17th of November from 14.23 to 15.13 (15 minutes for photos).  The leptospermum has almost finished flowering and there were a lot fewer insects on it.

5 species

Austrotephritis poenia (Australian Fruit Fly)

Calliphora augur (Lesser brown or Blue-bodied blowfly)

Calliphora stygia (Brown blowfly or Brown bomber)

Odontomyia sp. (genus) (A soldier fly)

Sarcophagidae sp. (family) (Unidentified flesh fly)

• Collection type Research project

Species Richness Score (SRS)

44

Conservation level

Invasiveness

True flies (Diptera)

• Bee flies (Bombyliidae)
• Blow flies (Calliphoridae)
• Bristle Flies (Tachinidae)
• Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families)
• Flower-loving flies (Apioceridae)
• Hover flies (Syrphidae)
• Long-legged Flies (Dolichopodidae)
• March or Horse flies (Tabanidae)
• Mydas flies (Mydidae)
• Pelecorhynchid flies (Pelecorhynchidae)
• Robber flies (Asilidae)
• Stiletto flies (Therevidae)
• Tangle-vein flies (Nemestrinidae)
• Other true flies