Behavior
In October, they may be seeing flying low, then laying eggs in the earth, including walking tracks.Food
Food plants include the tea trees in the genus "Leptospermum".References:
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Black and grey true bee fly
Meomyia sericans
"Meomyia sericans" is a large species of fly in the family Bombyliidae. A flying Australian insect with black and white hairs on the abdomen with a grey thorax. The probiscis is long and slender. Wings appear somewhat tinted.
