Villa sp. (genus)

Unidentified Villa bee fly at Monument Hill and Roper Street Corridor

Villa sp. (genus) at Monument Hill and Roper Street Corridor - 25 Jan 2021 07:50 AM

Villa sp. (genus) at Monument Hill and Roper Street Corridor - 25 Jan 2021 07:50 AM

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Identification history

	Villa sp. (genus)	25 Jan 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	25 Jan 2021	KylieWaldon

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User's notes

I thought I'd finally got that grey and white striped bee photographed - but then someone said its actually a fly!

2 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

25 Jan 2021

Flies only have one pair of wings while bees have two pairs

KylieWaldon wrote:

25 Jan 2021

Really? wow. ok. I didn't know that.

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Location information

Coordinates 146.901769 -36.078729
Maps Monument Hill and Roper Street Corridor Albury
Places Albury, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
25 Jan 2021 07:50 AM Recorded on
KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Insects Bee flies (Bombyliidae) True flies (Diptera) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr

Species information

Villa sp. (genus) Scientific name
Unidentified Villa bee fly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 860.1m Recorded at altitude
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