Yellow & Black Bee Fly: S1, Male, dorsal

Yellow & Black Bee Fly (Pygocona sp ES01)

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.

This species is

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

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