greenfran's Identifications
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Tawny Nesocolletes (Leioproctus fulvescens)Observer
ecomanDescription
Native bee similar size to honey bee
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Maritime Nesocolletes (Leioproctus maritimus)Observer
danilo_heggDescription
Identified with Donovan (2007) Apoidea.
Antennae with 13 segments (including scape) make this a male.
Jugal lobe falling well short of vein cu-v makes this subgenus Nesocolletes.
Long white vestiture covering face entirely is characteriostic of N. maritimus.
On ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) flower.
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Genus BothrophoraObserver
petemcgregorDescription
On the roof of the car at the No. 1 Line carpark. The diagnostic reddish distal part of the setae is clearly visible. Note that Bothrophora lupina is NOT the only species; the genus includes at least two species (see Steve Kerr's comment in this observation).
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Tawny Nesocolletes (Leioproctus fulvescens)Observer
ecomanDescription
Native bee similar size to honey bee
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Genus LeioproctusObserver
michellelambertDescription
Heaps of little black bees flying between holes in the gravel of the river. Some seemed to be fighting.
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Brown Blowfly (Calliphora stygia)Observer
steve_kerrDescription
Calliphoridae: Calliphora stygia - Golden Haired Blowfly
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New Zealand Blue Blowfly (Calliphora quadrimaculata)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
Large.
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Brown Blowfly (Calliphora stygia)Observer
nzwideDescription
large stout fly about 10 - 11 mm in body length
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Brown Blowfly (Calliphora stygia)Observer
steve_kerrDescription
3 presutural acrostichals
3 (+1 hidden) sternopleurals
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Blow Flies (Family Calliphoridae)Observer
zhaoyang_chenDescription
Larva live inside the stag beetle's larva body and as food. I feed stag beetle but found that, interesting!
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Maritime Nesocolletes (Leioproctus maritimus)Observer
danilo_heggDescription
Identified with Donovan (2007) Apoidea.
Antennae with 13 segments (including scape) make this a male.
Jugal lobe falling well short of vein cu-v makes this subgenus Nesocolletes.
Long white vestiture covering face entirely is characteriostic of N. maritimus.
On ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) flower.
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Greenbottle Flies (Genus Lucilia)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
I think this is the blue bottle fly
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Greenbottle Flies (Genus Lucilia)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
I think this is the blue bottle fly
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