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Tachinidae Fly

Cylindromyia tricolor

Description:

Orange abdomen , tipped in black on the end , with white stripes.

Habitat:

Landing on wild daises growing around the river and also on the grass reeds

Notes:

Suborder Brachycera‎ > ‎Tachinidae‎ > ‎ Genus Cylindromyia

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3 Comments

CharliePrice
CharliePrice 9 years ago

Thanks Leuba & Mark ....it is quiet impressive , you did Mark ...little "rocket" :)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

I'm sure I already commented on this one ? Nice shots.. impressive fly.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

Lovely shots Charlie. I just love the red abdomen. You should see my spotting of this one-can hardly make out it's a fly :). Great spotting !

CharliePrice
Spotted by
CharliePrice

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Spotted on Nov 24, 2014
Submitted on Nov 24, 2014

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