Hover fly at Freshwater Creek, VIC
Identification history
| Microdontinae (subfamily) | 5 Aug 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Coccidae sp. (family) | 13 Apr 2025 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Coleoptera (order) immature | 7 Apr 2025 | WendyEM |
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User's notes
Alive, all about 8mm long. Found deep in borer/Cerambycidae ? tunnels in dead Manna Gum branch segment. Found when broken from long fallen tree about 30cm down branch. Dark fragments in underside shot (on hand) are frass, animal is white. Animal can move along slowly.
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Location information
- Coordinates 144.270205-38.247273
- Maps WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck.
- Places Freshwater Creek, VIC
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 6 Apr 2025 04:46 PM Recorded on
- WendyEM Recorded by
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WendyEM NatureMapr Microdontinae (subfamily) Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- Manna Gum Associated plant
- living in wood borer tunnels Associated animal
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Microdontinae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 667.8m Recorded at altitude
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