Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 03-11-2007 09:43
#1
I'm not fully sure this is a Syrphid, although it certainly is a hovering fly. Actually, I only saw it hovering, and never sitting! Quite annoyingly so, since taking good pictures of hovering flies is not too easy. This is the best I could do.
Medium sized, say about 8 mm. Robust build. Thorax looking greenish in flight. Quite common in Melbourne, though not numerous. Mostly seen in sunny patches under trees.
Most striking are the lined eyes - a feature I only saw on my photographs...:( The other remarkable feauture is the hairy sides of the abdomen, which is not too sirphid-like at all...well, at least in my Eurocentric perception!
Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 03-11-2007 09:45
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 03-11-2007 09:54
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Hi Cor.
This time tropical fly cheat you - it is Calliphoridae ;)
Nikita