Melangyna viridiceps
Hover fly at Wodonga, VIC
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| Melangyna viridiceps | MichaelMulvaney | 15 Aug 2024 | |
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 7 Sep 2023 |
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These tiny very black hover flies kept hovering over an area of about 1m2 which was mostly covered with grass or bodge sedge, only landing briefly on the sedge then hovering again. Like planes in a holding pattern.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.899863-36.138894
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 12 Abundance
- 6 Sep 2023 11:40 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- Schoenus apogon common bodge sedge Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Melangyna viridiceps Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Melangyna viridiceps Scientific name
- Hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2011.7m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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