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Native Drone Fly

Eristalinus punctulatus

Photo by JamesPriest2
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Description:

The Native Drone Fly is a brightly coloured hover fly with large strange spotted eyes. The body is black and orange striped. They have a hovering flight and make a droning noise like a bee, hence the common name (From Ozanimals.com)

Habitat:

Saw it Hovering around some flowers in my garden then it landed on the leaf to preen itself where I took the photos.

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Comments (2)
JamesPriest2
Thanks Neil. Yes I was quite surprised when I saw it, and lucky that this one decided to stay still. I've actually seen one a few times since then, but it's always flown off when I got near
Neil Ross
Wow, almost looks like a beetle. Very unusual. Awesome spotting, James.

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PublishedOctober 3, 2016

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