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Brown Long-wings Bee Fly - Comptosia neosobria

Family Bombyliidae

This page contains pictures and information about Brown Long-wings Bee Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 20mm 
 
In early summer, we found many of them resting on the sandy footpath in Karawatha Forest. Some of them were mating.
 
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Female                                                                  Male 
 
This Bee Fly is brown in colour with short golden hair on body. The wings are tinted with brown colour and have no pattern on.  
 
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All were found either resting on bare soil or low on plants. When disturbed, they flied and rest a meter away. 
 
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Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 759.
2. Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Comptosia (Diptera : Bombyliidae) - D Yeates, 1991. 

 
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