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I'm quite intrigued by the biology/ecology of this species, Dideopsis aegrota. It is a hoverfly found in south-east Asia and on Australia's east coast.
Another species, Asarkina pura was synonymised with D. aegrota and I have made a slide on what I could find about this; I found it quite interesting.
Thanks to @sansuthi for some help with providing information about larval and pupal stages!
In the following Google Slides I go into detail about it and how to ID this species:

Peter Liehne's atlas of the mosquitoes of Western Australia:
https://www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp/Documents/Health-for/Mosquitoes/PDF/LIEHNE_Atlas-of-Mosquitoes-of-WA.pdf

Arid region photographic key:
https://www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp/Documents/Health-for/Mosquitoes/PDF/Arid-adult-mosquito-photographic-key.pdf

Kimberley region photographic key:
https://www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp/Documents/Health-for/Mosquitoes/PDF/Kimberley-adult-mosquito-photographic-key.pdf

Pilbara region photographic key:
https://www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp/Documents/Health-for/Mosquitoes/PDF/Pilbara-adult-mosquito-photographic-key.pdf

Southwest region photographic key:
https://www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp/Documents/Health-for/Mosquitoes/PDF/South-West-adult-mosquito-photographic-key.pdf

Southwest region photographic key (LARVAE):
https://www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp/Documents/Health-for/Mosquitoes/PDF/Southwest-Larval-mosquito-photographic-key.pdf

Common mosquito species sheet:
https://www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp/Documents/Health-for/Mosquitoes/PDF/Species-Sheets-for-Mosquitoes-in-WA-updated.pdf

Species sheet for southwest:
https://www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp/Documents/Health-for/Mosquitoes/PDF/Species-Sheets-for-Mosquitoes-in-South-West-WA.pdf