Subfamily Toxophorinae - Slender Bee Flies

Family Bombyliidae

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Slender Bee Fly

 

Geron sp., Tribe Gerontini, body length 8mm

Pictures were taken in Karawatha Forest during early summer. There were a number of them feeding on flowers of Forest Boronia (Boronia rosmarinifolia). More pictures can be found in here.

 

 

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Reference:

1. Family BOMBYLIIDAE - Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog - Web Version, by Greg Daniels.

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