Villa Bee Fly

Location: Bunbury, Western Australia

Season: Summer, December 

Order: Diptera 

Suborder: Brachycera 

Infraorder: Asilomorpha 

Superfamily: Asiloidea 

Family: Bombyliidae 

Subfamily: Anthracinae 

Tribe: Villini 

Subfamily: Exoprosopinae 

Genus: Villa

Another species of Bee Fly I found from the Genus Villa can be seen here.

This Bee Fly is morphologically different from the one before. This Bee Fly is yellowish golden in colour. It has black, white and yellow bands of varying breadths. The wing is darkly shaded on the coastal margin of the ring becoming clearer towards posterior margin, however lacks the distinct dark like of the previous species spotted. It is considerably smaller in size than the previous one, measuring about 3 cms in length.

Villa is a big genus within which there are many species. Species identification relies on intricate detail of venation, abdominal rings and tomentum. The species of this particular Bee Fly cannot be determined just by the picture.