Over the Christmas weekend we were hiking in the Stirling Ranges and on top of the Toolbrunup mountain were lots of flies and I made a few good shots of this beauty. It's only slightly bigger then a normal fly.
Brilliant images of this fly. It’s in the Tachinidae ( has a bristly abdomen) and I think it is an Amphibolia sp. If it is, its not the described species from WA I have managed to track down (see Parmanov 1968, Aust J. Zool. 16: 349-404) which has a black abdomen when viewed from behind.
Regards, Allan Wills Senior Technical Officer Science Division Department of Environment and Conservation
Over the Christmas weekend we were hiking in the Stirling Ranges and on top of the Toolbrunup mountain were lots of flies and I made a few good shots of this beauty. It's only slightly bigger then a normal fly.
Got info back from DEC:
ReplyDeleteBrilliant images of this fly. It’s in the Tachinidae ( has a bristly abdomen) and I think it is an Amphibolia sp. If it is, its not the described species from WA I have managed to track down (see Parmanov 1968, Aust J. Zool. 16: 349-404) which has a black abdomen when viewed from behind.
Regards,
Allan Wills
Senior Technical Officer
Science Division
Department of Environment and Conservation