Woodlands Historic Park Flies

White-tipped Bee Fly at Woodlands Historic Park
White-tipped Bee Fly, late February. About 15mm long.

We first observed this species in February and March 2020 when it was very common all over the park. In the following two summers it was seen occasionally.

Classification

from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Diptera - Flies, 8955 named species in Australia at Nov. 2021
Suborder Brachycera - Flies having short or few-segmented Antennae ending in a style
Family Bombyliidae - Bee Flies, 416 named species in Australia
Subfamily Lomatiinae - Brown Bee Flies, 107 species in Australia
Genus Comptosia
Species Comptosia walkeri