Belconnen, ACT
Identification history
| Froggattimyia (genus) | 14 Mar 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Calliphora stygia | 14 Mar 2025 | kasiaaus |
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This fly was extremely interested in the sawfly larvae and they did not like it. I never saw what it was trying to do.
3 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
14 Mar 2025
I think in the second image the Bristle fly is laying eggs in the larvae of the Bottlebrush sawfly. Given the hammering that this sawfly does to callistemons this fly should re regarded as a hero.
kasiaaus
wrote:
14 Mar 2025
Wow! That's very interesting. Thanks Michael. The fly looks to me just like a Calliphora stygia but I guess it is not, given its interest in the sawfly larvae.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
14 Mar 2025
Yes I was thinking that I needed to go back and check the Brown Blowfly sightings
Location information
- Coordinates 149.075032-35.247991
- Altitude 616.0m
- Maps Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Emu Creek
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 12 Mar 2025 11:11 AM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
kasiaaus NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Bristle Flies (Tachinidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- Sawfly larvae Associated Insect
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Froggattimyia (genus) Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 616m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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