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Eristalinus punctulatus
The Native Drone Fly is a brightly coloured hover fly with large strange spotted eyes. The body is black and orange striped. They have a hovering flight and make a droning noise like a bee, hence the common name (From Ozanimals.com)
Saw it Hovering around some flowers in my garden then it landed on the leaf to preen itself where I took the photos.
Spotted on Oct 3, 2016
Submitted on Oct 3, 2016
2 Comments
Thanks Neil. Yes I was quite surprised when I saw it, and lucky that this one decided to stay still. I've actually seen one a few times since then, but it's always flown off when I got near
Wow, almost looks like a beetle. Very unusual. Awesome spotting, James.