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Family Bombyliidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Golden 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. They are called True Bee Flies because their
hairy body resembles bees.
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- Pictures were taken on Alexandra Hill during late spring. There were a
number of them feeding on flowers of tea tree Leptospermum.
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- On Sep 2009, we saw many of them hovering or resting on sandy footpath in
Karawatha Forest. We believe it was their mating and laying-egg
season.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 759.
[ 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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