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bee fly - bombylis sp. mojave desert, oct 9 2021
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bee fly - bombylis sp. mojave desert, oct 9 2021
#55 - Long-Winged Bee-Fly
One of our native and highly photogenic Bee-Flies. Probably an Aleucosia, judging by the hits I'm getting on Google Images and the Flickr Hive Mind. Like the rest of the bee-flies, parasitoids and important pollinators. See here for a lovely shot of what I think is the same species, feeding on a Triggerplant blossom Photographed in Banksia scrub in Piara Waters, Perth