Golden Native Drone Fly at Copmanhurst, NSW
Identification history
| Eristalinus punctulatus | 2 Jun 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Unverified | 2 Jun 2025 | MazzV |
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A fawn-brown medium-sized fly with large olive green eyes. It appears to have 4 black lines running dorsally from behind the head to the base of the thorax, with a shorter diagonal line running along each side of the thorax, from the top rear to lower mid-front (photos 1, 2 & 4). Above the eyes is a black central line at the top which appears to be their only separation (photo 1). The space between the eyes at the front appears a bit wider, and this appears to be a fawn colour (photo 3). The dorsal surface of the abdomen has a central black line running from front to back, and there appear to be 3 patches of yellow-fawn along on each side of that central line, which are also separated by black, (photos 1 & 5). The legs appear to have a mix of brown-black, alternating in part with a yellow-fawn colour (photo 1).
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Location information
- Places Copmanhurst, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- MazzV Recorded by
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Eristalinus punctulatus Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- Sesame & 'Toothache plant' Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Eristalinus punctulatus Scientific name
- Golden Native Drone Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1211m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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