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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)     iNaturalist Observation
	Order:	Flies (Diptera)
	Family:	Bee Fly (Bombyliidae)
	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.
	Copyright © 2019-2021 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 13-Sep-2019
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.