![]() | Native Drone Fly Male, Profile, In Flight | Lesser Bulb Hover Fly Female, dorsal | ![]() | |||
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! | |||||
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