Large Banded Bee Fly
S4, Male, dorsal
Large Banded Bee Fly
S1, profile
| Large Banded Bee Fly S4, Male, dorsal | | Large Banded Bee Fly S1, profile | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
| Family: | Bee Fly (Bombyliidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Large Banded Bee Fly (Ligyra cingulata) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S6, dorsal🔎 | ||||
Thank you Graeme Cocks†, Tony Daley & 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 1st Live Photo on-line: They are a large fly at ~14mm-17mm long, wing length ~16mm-18mm; giving a wingspan of ~36mm-40mm. Males & females separated here from ventral view of the posterior. Chris was hypothesising that females had an extra wing spot. But S4 breaks this theory. Chris said "variation of colour may be because of different environmental conditions under which the immatures develop, so that darker patterns result from colder developmental conditions" She also said "Extra i-r crossvein creates square cell at end of wing = Ligyra", compared to Balaana . | |||||
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