Lesser Bulb Hover Fly Female, Raised Scutellum | Lesser Bulb Hover Fly Female, Head | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
Family: | Hover Fly (Syrphidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Lesser Bulb Hover Fly (Eumerus sp) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Female, Scutellum🔎 | ||||
Thank you Tony Daley & Dr Martin Hauser for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~8mm long. Superficially similar to a half-band, except blacker and the noticeably huge, round antennae. It also has swollen rear legs. The wing venation is very unusual; almost like a 'W'. The thickened rear legs also have spines. Thank you to Martin for also letting us know this is a female. | |||||
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