Woodlands Historic Park Flies

Common Hover Fly <i>(Melangyna viridiceps) at Woodlands Historic Park — Common Hover Fly on Silver Wattle, mid July. It is indeed very common in Woodlands Historic Park. Apart from the European Honey Bee it is the only insect you are likely to see feeding on flowers in the middle of winter.

Classification

from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Diptera - Flies, 8955 named species in Australia at Nov. 2021
Division Cyclorrhapha - Flies having Short Antennae with a Bristle or Arista
Family Syrphidae - Hover Flies, 166 named species in Australia
Genus Melangyna
Species Melangyna viridiceps