Syrphid fly / Hoverfly

Thank you Maria, its done.

Nice series of this hoverfly. You could put either syrphid fly or hoverfly as the common name.

yes! Thank you Mark and thank you Dave.

Ok :)

Maybe you could change you common name and notes to refer to flies instead of bees and include this reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesembrius

Oh! thank you Mark, :)) Thank you!

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Eristalini
Subtribe: Helophilina
Genus: Mesembrius

(flies)

I am referring to your 'common name' ... Mesembrius sp. & Mesembrius sp. probably would look similar. !?

Thank you Mark for the information, but Mesembrius sp. & Mesembrius sp looks similar. :(

This is a syrphid fly - not a bee

:)) :))

No problem. You have helped me many times, and lots of other people too - a true Noah spotter :)

Dave

Thank you Dave for the ID.

Looks like Mesembrius sp. A wasp mimicking hover fly.

http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...

Dave