Sighting 4632304
Ceratopogonidae (family)
Biting Midge at Wodonga, VIC
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| Ceratopogonidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Jan 2025 | |
| Sciaridae sp. (family) | KylieWaldon | 28 Dec 2024 |
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User's notes
There was a dead European Honey Bee in the tree, so I took a pic, unaware that is was covered in flies. I could see the striped fly and took another one later on, so that's where I have put it for ID. But there are a few different species on it.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.884729-36.140483
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 24 Dec 2024 02:31 PM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- Angophora species gum tree Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Ceratopogonidae (family) Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Ceratopogonidae (family) Scientific name
- Biting Midge Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 749.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
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- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location