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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Flies (Diptera)
	Family:	Hover Fly (Syrphidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus)
	This Photo:	Male, Face, In Flight
	Thank you Dr Martin Hauser for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere Males & females are similar size, ~10mm long. The eyes on males touch, whereas with female the eyes are spread apart. Incredible polka-dot yellow eyes!
	Copyright © 2013-2023 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 14-Jan-2013
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.