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Family Syrphidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Grey Native
Drone Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 10mm
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- The Hover Fly is pale brownish-grey in colour with four black stripes on
thorax. Abdomen is also banded.
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- This fly was easily found in Carbrook Wetland near the small creek on Mar
2011. The fly was found hovering among leaves. When rest, it stay on the bottom
side of leaf.
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The larvae are known as rat-tailed maggots. They are aquatic and have a distinctive habitus.
They are filter feeders in flesh waters. The larvae purify water by filtering out microorganisms and other products.
- Reference:
- 1. A
field guide to insects in Australia - By Paul Zborowski and Ross
Storey, Reed New Holland, 1996, p141.
- 2. Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus)
- Australian Insect Common Names, CSIRO, 2005.
- 3. Revision of Australian Syrphidae (Diptera). Part
I - Ferguson, E.W. 1926, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51: 137-183
[160] (Eristalis maculatus).
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