Petite Bee Fly: Feeding in O. magniflora

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Bee Fly (Bombyliidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Petite Bee Fly (Zaclava sp)

This Photo:

🔍Feeding in O. magniflora🔎

Thank you Dr Chris Lambkin for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere
Looking like a dancing fly, the bulbous legs don't match. The wing venation is also typically Bee Fly (with the veins swirling outwards). Found on Ellura in Olearia magniflora & in the Riverland attracted to Sugarwood.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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