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Family Bombyliidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Brown True Bee Fly in that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Body length 8mm
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- The beefly has the stout and hairy body in golden brown colour, with
long and slender proboscis. The wing vein M1 meets R5 before the wing
margin. All legs are in pale brown colour.
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- We also found them resting on sandy soil in Karawatha Forest
during mid summer.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 759.
- 2. Bee Flies of the World. The genera of the family Bombyliidae - Hull,
F.M. 1973, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 286: 1-687 [104].
[ Up ] [ Black and White True Bee Fly ] [ Pattern-winged True Bee Fly ] [ White-Striped Golden True Bee Fly ] [ Brown True Bee Fly ] [ Black and Grey True Bee Fly ] [ Reddish-brown True Bee Fly ] [ Banded True Bee Fly ] [ Golden-brown True Bee Fly ] [ Golden True Bee Fly ]
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