Bee Fly – Anthracinae – Ligyra punctipennis – 04

Order Diptera; Suborder Brachycera; Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies); Subfamily: Anthracinae; Scientific name: Ligyra punctipennis; Common name: Bee Fly – Exhibiting its elongated proboscis - 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 at Mount Hart Station in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.