Bee Fly – Anthracinae – Ligyra bombyliformis

Order Diptera; Suborder Brachycera; Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies); Subfamily: Anthracinae; Scientific name: Ligyra bombyliformis; Common name: Bee Fly – Mating, female is the larger, fly on the right - Distribution in Australia: found in northern and eastern Australia from Kimberley Region in Western Australia through the Top End of the Northern Territory and northern and eastern Queensland to central eastern New South Wales – Photographed: in May on Mitchell Plateau in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.