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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Flies (Diptera)
	Family:	Bee Fly (Bombyliidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Gigantic Balaana Bee Fly (Balaana gigantea)
	This Photo:	Dorsal
	Other name:	Balaana Beefly
	Thank you Reiner Richter & Dr Chris Lambkin for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere There is a very similar Bee Fly, Balaana abscondita. With those, however, Chris Lambkin said the white abdominal band is entire, and the wing band to the margin is broader. Similar Species: Velvet Bee Fly (Munjua erugata)
	Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 18-Feb-2014
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.