Flower-loving Fly - Apiocera asilica

Family Apioceridae

This page contains pictures and information about Flower-loving Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.


Body length 20mm


Flower-loving Fly

Apiocera asilica, body length 20mm

This fly is easily identified by its wing veins. Although they are called Flower-loving Flies and feed on flowers, they usually are found resting on ground.



Pictures taken in Alexandra Hill, mid summer Jan 2004. We only saw this fly once.




On Jan 2007, we saw this fly again in Karawatha Forest. Once again, it was very cooperated and let us took as many photos as we wanted. It was the same resting on the middle of the sandy footpath.

Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 758.
2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p363 and plate 25.

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