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 ID please ~ weird but beautiful fly (South Australia)
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| karidaw |
Posted on 09-04-2018 03:32
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Member Location: Mount Barker, South Australia Posts: 9 Joined: 06.04.18 |
I would love to know this gorgeous fly's ID ~ at least, to the family level. Fairly large (12 mm). It was resting on foliage in my garden on a hot summer's afternoon. Thanks in advance!
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 09-04-2018 05:28
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14070 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hi, the family is Syrphidae, tribus Eristalini. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| karidaw |
Posted on 09-04-2018 05:59
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Member Location: Mount Barker, South Australia Posts: 9 Joined: 06.04.18 |
Thank you Jürgen, it's great to have an ID at last. Kind regards, Kari. |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 09-04-2018 07:32
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3319 Joined: 17.10.05 |
According to the Atlas of Living Australia web site, it's Austalis pulchella
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