Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua

A flower-feeding march fly at Wellington Park, TAS

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Location information

• Coordinates 147.182952-42.923318
• Places Wellington Park, TAS

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 1 Jan 2025 11:56 AM Recorded on
• Detritivore Recorded by

• Collections

  Detritivore March or Horse flies (Tabanidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects Tasmania NatureMapr

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

• Scaptia (Scaptia) auriflua Scientific name
• A flower-feeding march fly Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1096.7m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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