Trichopsidea oestracea
Tangle-vein fly at Jerrabomberra, ACT
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| Trichopsidea oestracea | KimPullen | 21 Dec 2017 | |
| Exeretonevra sp. (genus) | KimPullen | 18 Dec 2017 | |
| Bombyliidae (family) | michael.batley | 18 Dec 2017 | |
| Unverified | roymcd | 18 Dec 2017 |
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User's notes
When I first found it this bee was covered in meat ants and getting eaten alive. Unfortunately I damaged its wing while removing them.
3 comments
23 Dec 2017
Thanks Michael, Kim and David Ferguson. Any tips for me on separating flies from bees? I just saw the protrusion from the abdomen and thought it was a bee's stinger. Cheers, Roy.
23 Dec 2017
Roy - In this case, the protrusion from the abdomen is an ovipositor (egg-laying apparatus). The main feature distinguishing flies from nearly all other insects is that they have only one pair of flying wings, with the hind pair reduced to tiny knobs called halteres. Bees have two pairs of wings, although during flight they are normally locked together on each side by a series of tiny hooks along the front edge of the hind wing.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.129373-35.382822
- Maps Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
- Places Jerrabomberra, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Nov 2017 10:33 AM Recorded on
- roymcd Recorded by
Collections
- Insects True flies (Diptera) Tangle-vein flies (Nemestrinidae) roymcd Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Trichopsidea oestracea
Species information
- Trichopsidea oestracea Scientific name
- Tangle-vein fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 892.7m Recorded at altitude
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