Unidentified syrphine hover fly at Copmanhurst, NSW
Identification history
| Syrphini (tribe) | 30 Jul 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 2 Jun 2025 | MazzV |
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User's notes
A hover fly or a wasp? This has a mostly yellow body with black pronotum which appears to be edged in an off-white/cream colour. There is a discontinuous centre line on the upper abdomen, running from front towards the back ceasing at about 2/3 of the way. There appears to be 5 black bands running from side to side on the abdomen’s upper surface. There appears to be 3 off-white/cream patches at the front upper abdomen delineated by black lines. This invertebrate has some similar features to the hover fly at Sighting 4635610.
2 comments
MazzV
wrote:
21 Aug 2025
Thanks @MichaelMulvaney for the extra info, by way of a suggested species name. Every bit helps steer in the right direction!
Cheers,
MazzV
Cheers,
MazzV
Location information
- Places Copmanhurst, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- MazzV Recorded by
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Syrphini (tribe) Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- Common Silkpod, (Parsoonia straminea), the subject of sighting 4640075 Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Syrphini (tribe) Scientific name
- Unidentified syrphine hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1011.57m 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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