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Flower-feeding March Fly-male
Scaptia auriflua
-37.9558, 145.24
Field Notes
Description:
A fly resembling a bee about 10 mm long. Eyes were strikingly green in the bright sunlight. Thorax was striped and hairy. The first three abdominal segments were black with a patch of yellow in the mid-line, the rest of the segments were yellow. The body was covered with thick hair.
The eyes seemed to meet along the mid-line suggesting that this fly was male.
Habitat:
open grasslands
Notes:
Both genders of this species of March flies are stated to be nectar feeders.
I could get only a single shot of the fly before he flew away.
For female of this species go to http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8792699
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Flower-feeding March Fly - Scaptia auriflua
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2012
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