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