Insects
True flies (Diptera)
Hover flies (Syrphidae)
Sighting 4672630

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Unverified 2 Jun 2025 MazzV

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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.

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  • Common Silkpod, (Parsoonia straminea), the subject of sighting 4640075 Associated plant
  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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