Black & Grey true Bee Fly at Yackandandah, VIC
Identification history
| Meomyia sericans | 27 Aug 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Meomyia sericans | 12 Dec 2024 | KylieWaldon | ||
| Unverified | 5 Dec 2024 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
Usually hovers and extends mouth parts down into flower, this one came in and landed near the flower. Another one in the dull brown colour with white a faint striped hovered but quickly disappeared. I love this fly but challenging to get photos.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.831816-36.320106
- Places Yackandandah, VIC
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 2 Dec 2024 08:31 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
KylieWaldon NatureMapr Meomyia sericans Bee flies (Bombyliidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- kunzea Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Meomyia sericans Scientific name
- Black & Grey true Bee Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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