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Bee Fly - Bombylius major - female
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Bee Fly - Bombylius major - Female
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
April 28, 2007
Size: approx 10mm
The measurement is excluding proboscis. Found on leaf of Himalayan Blackberry in alley behind my house. I tried to get a shot that shows the wing markings as well as venation, but this was the best I could do.
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 28 April, 2007 - 7:08pm
Last updated 27 March, 2018 - 7:09pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 28 April, 2007 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

looks like B. major.. everybo
looks like B. major.. everybody but me seems to be able to find this species
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 28 April, 2007 - 7:11pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm sorry...
I snuck up on this one in the morning. I usually can't even get a zoom image, let alone a macro, like this one.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 28 April, 2007 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

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