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Black drone fly
Eristalinae
-37.9581, 145.248
Field Notes
Description:
Fly... 15mm long. wings overlapped at rest; abdomen banded; eyes seem to have some banding/pattern (non compound?); head very robust; thorax has some pattern.
Habitat:
Resting or feeding on "wild carrot" (introduced, naturalised), within dry, very open casurina and acacia forest and grassland.
Notes:
Looks very similar to austalis sp. http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/Hover%20Fly.jpg
with the obvious exception of colouring.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 31, 2012
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