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:

S1, profile

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.
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 .

This species is

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

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