Australian Museum Hoverfly Expedition - 1

Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers. Hoverflies are common throughout the world and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Hoverflies are harmle...

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Published: Atlas of Living Australia
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Online Access:https://researchdata.edu.au/australian-museum-hoverfly-expedition-1/668035
https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/dr1188
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Summary:Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers. Hoverflies are common throughout the world and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Hoverflies are harmless to most other animals despite their mimicry of more dangerous wasps and bees, which serves to ward off predators.This expedition of 1014 tasks is fully transcribed and validated. Includes: point occurrence data,crowd sourced,BVP,transcribing complete,validation complete