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Staurostichus sp.
A small "furry" beefly with a single white stripe on either side of the thorax and a golden triangular abdomen. Wings were long (can be just seen in pic 2). Eyes were large and brown. The bee had a long and slender proboscis as can be seen in pic 1 and visibly long antennae (pic 3). Legs were long with dark tarsi..
Spotted feeding on tea-tree flowers in a nature reserve.
Beeflies are so called because of their furry bee-like bodies. Family Bombyliidae
Spotted on Dec 31, 2014
Submitted on Jan 5, 2015
2 Comments
Tea-tree sure do attract a diversity of insects, might have to start paying more attention to them :)
Too cute.