Miltinus stenogaster

DipteraDiptera Index Flies Pollinators and Flies The Eyes of Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Balaana Beefly Bat Flies Bee Flies Bee Flies Index Bee Fly (Anthrax) Australiphthiria Cryomyia sp Ligyra Neosardus cosmus Chrysomya saffranea Clogmia (Moth Fly) Eristalinus punctulatus Miltinus stenogaster Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Odontomyia Index Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly) Robber Flies Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphidae Syrphids Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps) Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover Fly (Simosyrphus grandicornis) Therevidae

Miltinus stenogaster, are commonly known as a Mydas fly or Mydidae flies, and are in the family Mydidae. A striking looking insect, about 25 mm in length. The female of the species is larger then the male.

Important pollinators, they are often found feeding on the pollen and nectar of native plants including Myrtaceae, Tetrapora preissiana, Ericomyrtus serpyllifolia and Lechenaultia floribunda.

Miltinus stenogaster (on Lechenaultia floribunda), Yeal Nature Reserve WA © Jean and Fred Hort — *Miltinus stenogaster* (on *Lechenaultia floribunda*), Yeal Nature Reserve WA © Jean and Fred Hort

Current observations stretch from north of Perth to south through Margaret River, Denmark and Albany. The photographs presented here were taken in Wandoo National Park, Yeal Nature Reserve and Mount Cooke in Western Australia.