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 September, we found many of them resting on the sandy footpath in Karawatha Forest Dentata Track. Some of them were mating.


Female Male

This Bee Fly is dark brown in colour with short golden hair on body. The wings are tinted with brown colour and have no pattern on. Female and male are about the same size, Female has the larger abdomen.



All were found either resting on forest floor, either on bare soil or low on plants. When disturbed, they flied and rested on floor a meter away.



Females lay eggs just under sandy soils after mating.


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.