Bee Fly – Bombyliinae – Nigromyia longistriata

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

Common name: Bee Fly – Mating, female is the smaller fly on the left - Distribution in Australia: known from the Northern Territory and Western Australia – Photographed: in September, in Lesueur National Park north-east of Jurien, in the Wheatbelt Region of Western Australia.