Apioceridae – Flower-loving Fly – Apiocera moerens

Order Diptera; Suborder Brachycera; Family Apioceridae (Flower-loving Flies); Scientific name: Apiocera moerens; 

Common name: Flower-loving Fly; Alternative common name: Tiger Fly; Pair mating, female is the bigger fly on the left  – Distribution in Australia: southern Western Australia, south-eastern South Australia, Victoria, eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland – Photographed: in November, in Yalgorup National Park south of Mandurah in Western Australia.