Orange-striped Bee Fly
S2, Male, dorsal
Ellura
Orange-striped Bee Fly
S2, Male, profile
 
                      
Orange-striped Bee Fly (Australiphthiria sp ES02)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Bee Fly (Bombyliidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Orange-striped Bee Fly (Australiphthiria sp ES02)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Male, profile🔎

Thank you Tony Daley for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~3.5mm long.
We originally thought this might be a Geron sp.
In the sun, the stripe is VERY obvious and more like red than orange.
We recognise the male here as the eyes are touching, females have separated eyes.

Copyright © 2020-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 10-Mar-2020
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.