Go-striped Bee Fly
S3, ventral
Ellura
Hunchbacked Bee Fly
Male, Wing Venation
 
                 
Hunchbacked Bee Fly (Geron sp ES01)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Bee Fly (Bombyliidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Hunchbacked Bee Fly (Geron sp ES01)
This Photo:     🔍Male, profile🔎

Thank you Tony Daley for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
We recognise the male here as the eyes are touching, females have separated eyes.

Copyright © 2020-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 29-Feb-2020
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.