Drone Fly - ? Eristalinus sp.
This page contains pictures and information about Drone Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 10mm
- We often found this wasp-mimic fly in bush during early summer. It has dark colour wings, yellow and
black bands body and large eyes, the warning colours just good enough to mimic
a wasp. But it has short
antenna, one pair of wings and those tell us it is a fly.
- This fly is easily found near the creek.
- The fly was found either resting on leaves or feeding on flowers.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p763.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p368.
