Hangingfly at Undefined Area
Identification history
| Harpobittacus australis | 20 Jan 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Harpobittacus australis | 13 Dec 2020 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Leptotarsus (Macromastix) costalis | 13 Dec 2020 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
Not as many of these about as there were a month or so ago. They still look weird.
2 comments
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
13 Dec 2020
This is a scorpionfly (Mecoptera) - a quite distinct group (Order) from the Diptera (flies & mosquitos), to which the Leptotarsus belongs.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.887732-36.172518
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 13 Dec 2020 09:20 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Harpobittacus australis Scorpionflies and Hangingflies (Mecoptera) Other insects Insects
Species information
- Harpobittacus australis Scientific name
- Hangingfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1652m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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