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- Episyrphus viridaureus
Family Syrphidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Black-banded Hoverflies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 8mm
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- We found many of these Black-banded Hoverflies in Yugarapul
Park during early summer. This is a medium size hover fly mimicking wasp.
This fly even have the narrow waist.
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- Their bodies are slender, from small to medium in
size. On their abdomen there
are the yellow-black bends and narrow waist mimic pattern. The hover flies visit flowers as bees and
wasps. They are usually seen hovering or resting
on flowers.
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- The females lay eggs on leaves. Their larvae are the predator of aphids.
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- Reference:
- 1. Black-banded
Hover Fly - lifeunseen.com,
by Nick Monaghan.
- 2. Episyrphus sp.
B - Graeme's Insects of Townsville, Australia.
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