Bee Fly – Bombyliinae – Meomyia sericans

Order Diptera; Suborder Brachycera; Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies); Subfamily: Bombyliinae; Scientific name: Meomyia sericans; 

Common name: Bee Fly – Male feeding on a Teatree Leptospermum sp. flowers - Distribution in Australia: found in Tasmania and all mainland states except the Northern Territory – Photographed: in September, in Dryandra Forest north-west of Narrogin in Western Australia.