Garden Soldier Fly
S1, Male, dorsal
Adelaide Hills
Garden Soldier Fly
S1, Male, Legs
 
                      
Garden Soldier Fly (Exaireta spinigera)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Soldier Fly (Stratiomyidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Garden Soldier Fly (Exaireta spinigera)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Male, Face🔎

Thank you Dr Martin Hauser for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
Males have their eyes much closer together than females.
Notice the thoracic spines, typical of soldier wasps.

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 29-Oct-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.