It fell out of the air and died right next to me. Spotted in Melbourne Australia. Quite small, a bit smaller than the tip of a standard flathead screwdriver

A bit of Google Lens’ing suggests it looks quite similar to Eupeodes lapponicus, but that’s a European/North American species. I’m a bit awestruck by the pattern

No stinger

  • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zoneEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    I used Picture Insect and it says hover fly. Now I have to check if I signed up to a free trial for something I don’t want to pay for down the road.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      Thanks. They’re honestly kinda cute, and if a little larger, I probably would’ve mistaken it for a bee before noticing the lack of a stinger

  • Pothetato@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    Once upon a time there was a bucket of nasty water. I noticed something swimming around in it. I was shocked to see what looked like huge maggots with long tails like a mouse’s, flip flopping around like mosquito larvae but so much worse. After some googling I learned it was probably hoverfly larvae and since then I never looked at these flies the same way.