Medium-sized fly, large eyes, tube-like mouthparts, thin legs, dark body bearing golden hairs, wings marbled grey-brown with opaque white bar near tip. Adults feed on nectar and are often seen at flowers. They also bask on bare ground.

At a glance

Habitat Open areas with flowers and bare ground, including within woodland
Size Can grow to around 10mm long
Origin Endemic
Distribution Across Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Across Tasmania
Habitat
Open areas with flowers and bare ground, including within woodland
Size
Can grow to around 10mm long
Common Name Bee-fly
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Endemic
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda
ClassInsecta
SubclassPterygotes
OrderDiptera
SuborderBrachycera
InfraorderOrthorrhapha
SuperfamilyAsiloidea
FamilyBombyliidae
SubfamilyLomatiinae
GenusComptosia
SpeciesComptosia ocellata
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