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Family Syrphidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover
Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 10mm
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This Hover Fly has the yellow edge on each side of thorax. It has the yellow
face and yellow antenna. It is medium in size with stout and robust body.
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- This is one of the most common Hover Flies we found in Brisbane. They were
usually found hovering over short plants.
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- The Simosyrphus species look very similar to the Ischiodon
scutellaris. They can be distinguished by Simosyrphus
sp. has the abdominal tergite 2-5 margined and third antennal segment apically broadly rounded.
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Some species in tribe Syrphini look very similar.
We call all of them Common Hover Flies. They are hard to be distinguished
in the field and some of them may not be common. This species is common in
Brisbane.
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Photo thank to Trevor Jink
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This Hover Flies lay eggs near the aphids colony. Their maggot-like larvae are
the predators of aphids.
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Common Hover Flies may sometimes confused with bees or wasps because of their
mimic colour. Their bodies are medium to slender. On their abdomen there
are the yellow-black wasps pattern and the narrow waist mimic pattern.
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- Reference:
- 1. Simosyrphus grandicornis (Macquart)
- Australian Insect Common Names, CSIRO, 2005.
- 2. Simosyrphus grandicornis - Common Hover Fly - Graeme's Insects of Townsville, Australia.
- 3. Simosyrphus grandicornis
(Macquart) - Flower Flies (Syrphidae), LIFEDESK COMMUNITY.
- 4. Species Simosyrphus grandicornis (Macquart, 1842) - Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory.
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