Melangyna viridiceps
Hover fly at Walla Walla, NSW
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| Melangyna viridiceps | 2 Jan 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Simosyrphus grandicornis | 13 Oct 2024 | Darcy |
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Several hover flies visiting the flowering flatweeds
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Location information
- Places Walla Walla, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- Darcy Recorded by
- Hypochaeris radicata Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- Yes Insect on a flower
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- BOF Sightings Aus-wide BOF sightings Darcy NatureMapr Riverina Murray 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 1522.3m Recorded at altitude
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