Orange-striped Bee Fly S1, Male, ventral | Black Bee Fly | |||||
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) | |||||
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