![091114-fly2](https://the-riotact.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/091114-fly2.jpg)
Thanks to Craig for sending this one in…
“One for the insect lovers. Saw this strangely patterned fly(?) in the backyard today. It’s about the size of a blowfly. A search of CSIRO, google etc didn’t show anything that had these kinds of patterns. I assume that the markings are a kind of false head to keep away predators or to stop magpies swooping on bike paths?”
![091114-fly1](https://the-riotact.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/091114-fly1.jpg)