Adelaide's Bee Fly S1, Proboscis & Palps | Wavy Taboo Bee Fly S2, dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
Family: | Bee Fly (Bombyliidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Adelaide's Bee Fly (Kapu adelaidica) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍S1, ventral🔎 | ||||
Thank you Dr Chris Lambkin for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Record in SA on Atlas: ~13.5mm long It's so worn & on it's last legs when we caught it. It died soon after. It has a very "blow fly" like pattern on it's abdomen. It's name is a little funny as Chris told us "Its a very widespread species, described by a Frenchman from 'Adelaide' in 1855. She also said "Shiny scales on thorax, yellowish. Some yellow scales anteriorally T2, mostly dark scales dorsally, white band T3 and T5-6. White sternal scales S2-3, reddish S4 and S5-7." | |||||
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