Woodlands Historic Park Flies

Striped Bee Fly with two wide stripes at Woodlands Historic Park
Striped Bee Fly, mid January (photo Andrew Allen)

This is the Bee Fly species most commonly seen in the park.

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 Anthracinae - Black, Stout and Striped Bee Flies, 132 species in Australia
Genus Villa
Species ?