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NatureMapr 2025 partner update presented to Commonwealth DCCEEW

19 Jun 2025

NatureMapr recently presented the following 2025 partner update to the Threatened Species Commissioner and Environment Information Australia teams within Commonwealth DCCEEW in Canberra.Download our 2...

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Discussion

DonFletcher wrote:

39 min ago

But shape (eg arm size) looks sub-adult or young adult male

Osphranter robustus

DonFletcher wrote:

40 min ago

Fur colour intermediate between typical male and female.

Osphranter robustus

WendyEM wrote:

49 min ago

I know (from personal experience) these fellas and other day fliers are tricky but it helps to have shots with the top surface of wings also a shot with the top side of abdomen too. Like this - thank you.

Platyptilia celidotus

maznee wrote:

58 min ago

Thank you Michael Mulvaney too.

Pollia crispata

WendyEM wrote:

1 hr ago

aaah .....I did wonder about those fat front legs! thanks Kim. Tapeigaster " .... can be recognised by the combination of the thorax dorsally striped, the mid and fore femora noticeably inflated (compared to the hind femora),..." SOURCE (21/06/2025) https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniadiptera/suborder-brachycera/infraorder-cyclorrhapha/heleomyzidae/genus-tapeigaster/tapeigaster-annulipes/
I gather they have an interest in fungi - the pictures on this reference are sitting on fungi, like mine Tapeigaster sp. = Fungus flies

Tapeigaster sp. (genus)