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Bee mimic hover fly (♀)

Eristalis tenax

Photo by CharliePrice
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Front flowering shrubs are literally swarming in these ones.

Species ID Suggestions

Bee mimic hover fly (♀)

Eristalis tenax

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Mark Ridgway
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Comments (3)
CharliePrice
Well ...I'll BEE...something else new i have learn't ..as i had always thought the hoverfly was like the one i posted the other day ...and here i was tonight .thinking WOW..can post this one ..checked ..yep not too many bee in the "insect of tasmania " after being blow"n away by all the different fly's and i learn bee's are not always bee's ...Thanks heaps Mark and Emilie :)
Mark Ridgway
Yep fly Charlie. Bee would have longer elbowed antennae where this guy has 2 short aristae on it's face. Eristalis tenax has appeared in Vic and Tas maybe check that out.

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