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Unknown Fly
-37.9511, 145.254
Field Notes
Description:
At a glance this fly looked like a native bee of Exoneura genus, with its rounded red abdomen and black thorax, like in this spotting <br>
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1018336012
A closer look revealed a fly head/antennae and halteres. The behaviour was also different from that of the bee, as it flew around the bush settling for only a few seconds.
Habitat:
Spotted on a tea-tree ( Leptospermum sp.) in a National Park on a very warm day.
Notes:
? Stratiomyidae <br>
Order: Diptera
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