Tabanidae – March Fly – Scaptia plana

Order Diptera; Suborder Brachycera; Family Tabanidae (March Flies); Subfamily: Pangoniinae; Scientific name: Scaptia plana; 

Common name: March Fly – Female feeding on a Bitter Pea Daviesia divaricata flowers - Distribution in Australia: Western Australian endemic fly found in the south-west of the state – Photographed: in October in Yanchep National Park north of Perth.