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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Flies (Diptera)
	Family:	Bee Fly (Bombyliidae)
	Species:	Yellow & Black Bee Fly (Pygocona sp ES01)
	This Photo:	S1, Male, dorsal
	Other name:	Yellow and Black Bee Fly
	General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~5mm long. The long proboscis is to feed on nectar, not bite people We recognise the male here as the eyes are touching, females have separated eyes.
	Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 11-Feb-2015
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.