![]() | Petite Bee Fly In flight | Parasitic Blowfly Green, S1 Male, dorsal | ![]() | |||
Animals Plants Info |
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.
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