Sorry about the horrible photo but i didn't have my flash with me and had to shoot at 1/15. I searched flies and Beeflies but could not find anything that looked like this.
Nice sighting. I think this fly is infected with the puppeteer fungus (Entomophthora sp.). See sighting at https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Sightings/4265765 Sorry but cant help with the fly ID, but think this sighting deserves to be logged as an Entomophthora sighting as well.
Yes, thanks for that information tpreston, I guess that also explains why it did not fly away with your camera so close to it Shorty. It was about 1.5 m off the ground?
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