Wasp Mimicking Fly
Elongated scale-like setae on the scutum
Wasp Mimicking Fly
Anterior, Leg details
| Wasp Mimicking Fly Elongated scale-like setae on the scutum | | Wasp Mimicking Fly Anterior, Leg details | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
| Family: | Stilletto Fly (Therevidae) | ||||
| Species: | Wasp Mimicking Fly (Agapophytus aterrimus) | ||||
| This Photo: | Hey gotta go for the eye shot | ||||
Thank you Dr Chris Lambkin for identifying and Dr Ken Walker & Tony Daley for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere The 1,000th species posted on the Ellura web site. A BIG thank you to all those experts who have contributed their time & energy to help us identify our local species Tony, who id'ed this to genus, said the strange hair on the back is "elongate scale-like setae on the scutum". This beautiful fly was ~10mm long, with a very long mouth/proboscis and antennae. Bascially black with 2 orange/yellow bands on it's wings. The lower front tibia (middle part of the leg) does seem to have a small orange band. Ken Walker saw the observation on Bowerbird and contacted Chris Lambkin who kindly narrowed it down to species. Mimics the Calopompilus spider wasp quite well: Spider Wasp | |||||
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