Villa Bee Fly IV - Villa sp.
Family Bombyliidae
This page contains pictures and information about Villa Bee Flies that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Female, body length 10mm
- Pictures were taken in Karawatha Forest during early summer. The fly was resting on plant materials on the ground. The beefly is yellowish brown in colour with banded abdomen. Those are dark brown bands with yellow narrow bands.
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- Body length 12mm, male
- Pictures were taken in Karawatha Forest in early summer Nov 2009. The fly was flying and resting very close to the ground covered with small stones and plant materials.
- Also saw one in Anstead Forest on Nov 2009.
- Reference:
- 1. Australian Wildlife Insects Flies - Lochman Transparencies, 2008, (Villa sp.).
