Golden Native Drone Fly at Yackandandah, VIC
Identification history
| Eristalinus punctulatus | 8 Feb 2022 | KylieWaldon | ||
| Unverified | 12 Dec 2021 | KylieWaldon |
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Another first for me. This fly hovered over e.honeybees and then chased them off the bottlebrush, then returned. Did this at least 10 times whilst I was there. Very flighty only sitting for a few moments and then re-positioning. Such a beautiful looking fly!! Not sure if it was sucking pollen or not.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.831867-36.320134
- Places Yackandandah, VIC
Sighting information
- 8 Abundance
- 11 Dec 2021 08:03 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Insects Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) KylieWaldon Hume NatureMapr
Additional information
- bottlebrush and myrtle 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
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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